Dame Mary Elizabeth Peters
Dame Mary Elizabeth Peters was a British athlete born in
Halewood. She moved to Ballymena at the age of eleven. She won the gold medal in
the summer Olympics in Munich. She also won 2 gold medals for the pentathlon,
in addition to a gold and a silver medal for the shot put. Marry peters
supported the Springhill hospice in Rockdale. In her honor, N. Ireland’s
premier athletics track was named after her on the outskirts of Belfast. Mary Peters
now lives in Lisburn.
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