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6 unusual facts about Sebastian Coe


Autism Awareness Campaign UK

Lord Coe appointed Ivan Corea as a London 2012 Olympic bid Ambassador; the Autism Awareness Campaign UK were fully involved with the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic bid.

Peter Coe

Percy Newbold "Peter" Coe (1919 – 9 August 2008) was the father and athletics coach to Sebastian Coe.

Queen Charlotte's and Chelsea Hospital

Actors Benedict Cumberbatch, Daniel Radcliffe, Mischa Barton, and Dame Helen Mirren (who in 1994 portrayed the hospital's namesake in The Madness of King George), musicians Zak Starkey and Sex Pistol Steve Jones, athlete and politician Sebastian Coe, and writer Graeme K Talboys are among the many prominent people born at Queen Charlotte's and Chelsea Hospital.

Sammy Koskei

These times were the two fastest times in the world that season, and moreover, the second and third fastest times in history at the time, behind Sebastian Coe.

San Vittore Olona

The race runs through five of the town's water mills and some of the world's most distinguished runners have competed there, including Haile Gebrselassie, Sebastian Coe and Kenenisa Bekele.

UK Sport

Sebastian Coe, in conversation with Iain Sproat, had given him the idea of financially supporting sporting excellence.


Elizabeth Filippouli

Among the people that Filippouli has interviewed are: Ted Turner, James Rubin, Dr Deepak Chopra, Mohamed El Baradei, Chris Cramer, Al Gore, Susan Sarandon, Lord Robertson, Christiane Amanpour, Peter Arnett, King Constantine of Greece, and Lord Coe.

Hans-Peter Ferner

Hans-Peter Ferner (born June 6, 1956, Neuburg an der Donau, Bavaria) is a (West) German former middle distance runner who won the gold medal over 800 m at the 1982 European Championships in Athletics in Athens where he unexpectedly defeated world-record holder Sebastian Coe.


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