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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.
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.
In September 1972, after years of hard work, sacrifice and dedication, Mary Peters won the gold medal for the pentathlon at the Munich Olympics. Her skill as an athlete could not be disputed, yet this was to mark only the beginning of her story.
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.
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...
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
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.
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.
