Coe, Coventry, Samaranch - Will the Next IOC President Care About Sports and Crime?
The Sports and Crime Briefing breaks down the history, controversies, policies and promises of the three leading candidates vying to be elected as IOC President this week.
The race to succeed Thomas Bach as International Olympic Committee (IOC) President has spotlighted three leading contenders: Sebastian Coe, Kirsty Coventry, and Juan Antonio Samaranch Jr.
With the next IOC president set to be elected this week, The Sports and Crime Briefing This examines their career profiles, campaign pledges, and critically evaluates each candidate’s record on key sports integrity issues – corruption, match-fixing, doping, and safeguarding/athlete welfare.
Sebastian Coe
COE’S ELECTION MANIFESTO
Lord Sebastian Coe, 68, is a two-time Olympic champion (1500m gold in 1980 and 1984) turned sports administrator. After a stint as a British MP, Coe led the successful London 2012 Olympic bid and served as Chair of the London Organising Committee.
In 2015, amid a major athletics doping scandal, Coe was elected President of the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF, now World Athletics).
He became an IOC member in 2020 as World Athletics chief. Coe’s tenure i…
