Lord Sebastian Coe

Sebastian Newbold Coe, Baron Coe KBE was born in West London but was brought up in Sheffield.

In his athletics career as a middle distance runner, Coe won the 1500m gold medal at the Olympic Games in 1980 and 1984, and set eight outdoor and three indoor world records. Following his retirement from athletics, he served as a Conservative Party Member of Parliament from 1992-97, and became a life peer in 2000.

He was the head of the London bid to host the 2012 Summer Olympics and, after the International Olympic Committee announced London as the winning bid, became the chairman of the London Organising Committee for the Olympic Games.