Endorsements from Olympic Athletes

Dame Mary Peters DBE

Mary Peters was born in Liverpool and moved to Northern Ireland with her family when she was 11 years old. Through a strong work ethic she converted raw talent as an athlete into an international career spanning nearly two decades. She reached the pinnacle of sporting effort and achieved an Olympic Gold Medal.

Mary claimed gold in the pentathlon at the Munich

Olympics in 1972, after two gruelling days of five

events. On Day 1 she set personal bests in the hurdles,

shot and high jump to lead the day by 301 points. On

day 2 Mary’s long jump was average and the

competition all came down to the last event the

200metres. This was to be the German athlete Heide

Rosendhal's best event, which she won. Mary came

4th in a personal best to give her 4801 points to Heide's

4791, to  win gold and also shatter the Olympic and

world records in the process. Mary’s gold medal was

the only gold medal for Britain at the games.
 

Mary is a true ambassador for Sport. Since retiring from track and field, she has continued to serve Northern Irish and British athletics, as President of the British Athletics Federation (1996-98); and as Patron of the Northern Ireland Amateur Athletic Federation.

Outside athletics, she has served various organisations engaged with national and community sport; charitable and community causes; and broadcasting and the press. She also remains an important ambassador for Northern Ireland. Her dedication to improving the lives of others and her inspirational qualities have won her a host of honours and awards.

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