Alan Pascoe undertook higher education at Borough Road College, Isleworth, where he received a Certificate in Education, and the University of London, where he received an Honours degree in Education.
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Alan Pascoe won medals in the Olympic Games, the European Championships, and the Commonwealth Games.
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Alan Pascoe competed in athletics at a time when it was supposed to be an amateur activity.
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Alan Pascoe thus needed paid employment during his athletics career.
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Alan Pascoe was a teacher at Dulwich College, and a lecturer in physical education at Borough Road College, Isleworth.
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Alan Pascoe was able to get financial support during the 1970s from membership of several QUANGOs; the Sports Council, the Minister for Sports' Working Party on Centres of Sporting Excellence, and the BBC Advisory Council.
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Alan Pascoe sold API in 1998, then started another company, Fast Track Events Ltd.
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Alan Pascoe criticised the British government for withdrawing from hosting the World Athletics Championships in 2001.
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Alan Pascoe claimed that the Prime Minister, Tony Blair, had broken a written undertaking to host the games.
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Alan Pascoe believed that the decision amounted to the sport being cold-bloodedly "stabbed in the back".
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In September 2003, Alan Pascoe was appointed vice-chairman of the London bid for the 2012 Summer Olympics, which was ultimately successful.
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Alan Pascoe was appointed a Member of the Order of the British Empire in the 1975 New Year Honours for services to athletics, and received an honorary doctorate from Brunel University in 1997.