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    Peters was born in Halewood, Lancashire, later living at 5 Mere Avenue in Alkrington, where she went to … See more

    Mary Peters (athlete) - Wikipedia

    • 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. She w… See more

    Born6 July 1939 · Halewood, Liverpool, England
    Full nameMary Elizabeth Peters
    NationalityBritish
    Athletics career

    After Ballymena, the family moved to Portadown where she attended Portadown College. The headmaster Donald Woodman and the PE teacher Kenneth McClelland introduced her to athletics, McClellan… See more

    After athletics

    Peters became a Trustee of The Outward Bound Trust in May 2001 and is Vice-President of the Northern Ireland Outward Bound Association. She is also Patron of Springhill Hospice in Rochdale, Greater Mancheste… See more

     
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  4. Moment in Time: Mary Peters wins Olympic …

    WEBSep 3, 2022 · Mary Peters (left) wins gold at the Olympic Games in Munich in 1972 Credit: Tony Duffy. In 1964 at the Tokyo Games, Mary Rand recalls that Ann Packer hammered a nail into the wall of...

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