Mary Peters

Mary Peters was a former British athlete and she has been lived in Northern Ireland. She moved to Ballymena when she was eleven. She won the gold medal in the women’s pentathlon. Also she appointed CBE in 1990, MBE in 1972 and Dame Commander of the order of the British Empire in 2000. She became a Trustee of the outward Bound Trust in May 2001 and Vice President of the Northern Ireland Outward Bound Association. Also she is Patron of Spring hill Hospice. She was named track in her honour on outskirt of Belfast. She represented Northern Ireland at Commonwealth Games (1958-1974) and she won 2 gold medals for pentathlon, plus a gold and silver medal in the shot put.