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Lady Mary Elizabeth Peters, LG, CH, DBE (born 6 July 1939) is a Northern Irish former athlete and athletics administrator. She is best known as the 1972 Olympic champion in the pentathlon, for which she won the BBC Sports Personality of the Year Award. Peters was named as Lady Companion of the Order of the Garter on 27 February 2019.
In the 45th pentathlon of her career, the veteran Mary Peters of Spartan Ladies AC achieved the ultimate athletic success by winning an Olympic title with a new world record. The English-born Peters spent much of her life in Ireland and her first pentathlon competition was at Ballymena in 1955.
Sep 2, 2022 · On the eve of the 50th anniversary of her historic Olympic gold medal win, Northern Ireland's Lady Mary Peters discusses her legacy of inspiring young athletes.
Mary Peters - Athletics. The trouble and turmoit around her spurred on Mary Peters to the greatest performance of her career. She came from Northern Ireland, where the civil unrest known as “The Troubles”, had blighted the country for three years.
In the 45th pentathlon of her career, the veteran Mary Peters of Spartan Ladies AC achieved the ultimate athletic success by winning an Olympic title with a new world record. The English-born Peters spent much of her life in Ireland and her first pentathlon competition was at Ballymena in 1955.
Mar 24, 1999 · It is more than a quarter of a century since Mary Peters won her Olympic gold medal at the 1972 Munich Olympics, yet the British pentathlete remains a popular and recognisable figure in her sport and in her home city of Belfast, venue for this weekend’s IAAF World Cross Country Championships.
Nov 26, 2023 · Mary Peters: ‘I would have £1m if I had won gold in 2012 but what happiness would it bring me?’ The 1972 Olympic pentathlon champion reveals in new book that she has no regrets about being an...
Sep 3, 2022 · Mary P, as she is still known to everyone notwithstanding the honours her endeavours in sport and charity have earned – MBE, CBE, DBE, Companion of Honour and Lady Companion of the Order of the...
Jul 23, 2012 · Dame Mary Peters reflects on her 1972 Olympics gold medal-winning performance, where she beat Heide Rosendahl by a mere 10 points in the pentathlon, and set a world record. Show more
Apr 23, 2020 · In 1972, the Northern Irish athlete Mary Peters became a hero across the sectarian divide in her country by winning the gold medal in pentathlon at the Munich Olympics.
