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Sebastian Newbold Coe Biography and Timeline

Follow Sebastian Newbold Coe through 9 dated historical records for Great Britain.

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Sebastian Newbold Coe, historical timeline

A chronological timeline drawn from matching World History Database records.

9Distinct records

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1979–2005Years on this page

1979

17 July 1979

World Record

Oslo · Sport / Athletics

Sebastian Coe runs world record 3:49 mile in Oslo

1980

Olympic Gold Medal

Moscow · Sport / Athletics

Wins the 1500m Olympic Gold Medal

1981

World Record

Sport / Athletics

Breaks the 800m World record. Breaks the 1000m World record

1982

MBE

Sport / Athletics

Appointed an MBE

1990

Honours

Sport / Athletics

Appointed an OBE

1992

Member of Parliament

Member of Parliament for Falmouth · Falmouth · Government / Conservative Party Government

Elected Member of Parliament for Falmouth

1997

Member of Parliament

Member of Parliament for Falmouth · Falmouth · Government / Conservative Party Government

Coe loses his seat in Falmouth

2000

Peerage

Ranmore · Sport / Athletics

Created Baron Coe of Ranmore in the County of Surrey

2005

6 July 2005

Olympics

Sport / Athletics

The IOC award the 2012 Olympic games to Britain

Records, sources and methodology

These dates and descriptions come from the historical_events database. Exact duplicate records have been collapsed. Names are grouped by the country, Name 2 and Name 1 fields; records with missing Name 2 cannot be reliably assigned to an individual biography. Check the underlying sources before formal citation.