The Lord Coe, CH, KBE

Chairman, British Olympic Association

Former track and field athlete Lord Coe has claimed Olympic glory for Britain in more ways than one. Having won four Olympic medals in the 1980s, Coe went on to change the Olympic and Paralympic landscape in Britain by taking on the challenge of London 2012. He delivered an event that has never been seen before and transformed the Paralympic vision by aligning it with the Olympics. In doing so, Coe helped to identify the heroes that the British public now hold as household names. According to Coe, ‘My father guided and inspired my athletic career and [former IOC president] Juan Antonio Samaranch created the opportunity and encouraged my involvement in the administrative side of sport.’ Coe is a huge figure, not just as future president of the IAAF, but through his work trying to win the hearts and minds of young people over to sport.

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