Dean Mary Elizabeth Peters
They are a lot of men and women who carve their names in the history of the Olympics. One of those legends is a woman
called Mary Elizabeth Peters. She was born on 6 July 1939 and by the age of
eleven she moved to Ballymena.
When she was
a little girl her father noticed that she had a gift and to encourage her he
built for her home practice facilities. Mary Peters career started when she moved
with her family to Portadown where she met her first coach while she was
attending Portadown College. In her career she accepted many awards; for the
pentathlon she won a gold plus a gold and silver medal for the shot up.
Mary Peter
support many charities like the Outward Bound Trust. She received the CBE, MBE and also the Dame of the British Empire and also there
was a track named after her on the outskirts of Belfast. She now lives in
Lisburn in her home, Northern Ireland.
