Mary Peters (athlete)

Lady
Mary Peters
LG CH DBE
Peters in 2008
Personal information
Full nameMary Elizabeth Peters
NationalityBritish
Born (1939-07-06) 6 July 1939 (age 85)
Halewood, Liverpool, England
Medal record
Women's athletics
Representing  Great Britain
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 1972 Munich Pentathlon
Representing  Northern Ireland
Commonwealth Games
Gold medal – first place 1970 Edinburgh Shot put
Gold medal – first place 1970 Edinburgh Pentathlon
Gold medal – first place 1974 Christchurch Pentathlon
Silver medal – second place 1966 Kingston Shot put

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 was installed in St. George's Chapel, the chapel of the Order, on Garter Day, 17 June.