1939
Mary Peters, English-Irish pentathlete and shot putter
Mary Peters, English-Irish pentathlete and shot putter
Mary Peters, English-Irish pentathlete and shot putter
Mary Peters (athlete)
British athlete (born 1939)
- Born
- 1939
Lady Mary Elizabeth Peters 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 was installed in St. George's Chapel, the chapel of the Order, on Garter Day, 17 June.