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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.
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.
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.
Aug 27, 1972 · Mary PETERS Athletics. (Getty Images) Peters defiantly set off for the Olympic Games determined to bring some cheer: “The silver medal is no good to me,” she said. “It has to be gold or nothing; a gold medal for Belfast, because something good has to happen in our city.”. These weren't the boasts of a no-hoper.
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.
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Mary Peters: “a feeling of sheer ecstasy and a moment I never dreamt would happen to me” - Olympic News. Great Britain’s Mary Peters competed in the pentathlon at the Olympic Games in 1964, 1968 and 1972, winning gold in 1972 with a world record points total.
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