Mary Peters

Quick Facts

Full Name	Mary Peters
Occupation	Shot Putter
Date Of Birth	Jul 6, 1939(1939-07-06)
Age	85
Birthplace	Halewood
Country	United Kingdom
Birth City	England
Horoscope	Cancer

Mary Peters Biography

Mary Peters is one of the most popular and richest Shot Putter who was born on July 6, 1939 in Halewood, England, United Kingdom. After having won gold in the pentathlon and shot put events during in the year 1970 at Commonwealth Games in Edinburgh, Scotland She also won Olympic Gold and set a record in pentathlon during her 1971 Summer Games in Munich, West Germany.

She along with the fellow British shot-putter She and fellow British shot putter Geoff Capes both won gold at the Commonwealth Games. both have won gold during the Commonwealth Games.

Her early years were spent at Lancashire, England, and for the rest of her time resided in Northern Ireland. Her father encouraged her athletic ambitions in the beginning by building training facilities at her home of the family’s Portadown home.

Mary Peters Net Worth

Mary Peters is one of the richest Shot Putter from United Kingdom. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Mary Peters 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Her passion for athletics started while she was studying at Portadown College in County Armagh, Northern Ireland. She participated at her very first Commonwealth Games in 1966, taking home a silver medal in the shot-put event of the competition.

Following her victory over German Olympic athlete Heide Rosendahl to win an Olympic silver medal Peters was a protestant who was a victim of various threats of death from people possibly linked in the IRA.

Height, Weight & Body Measurements

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Who is Mary Peters Dating?

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Facts & Trivia

Mary Ranked on the list of most popular Shot Putter. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United Kingdom. Mary Peters celebrates birthday on July 6 of every year.

When did Mary Peters won gold?

In the 1972 Summer Olympics Peters won the gold medal in the women’s pentathlon, having finished 4th in 1964 and 9th in 1968. To win the gold medal, she narrowly beat the local favourite, Heide Rosendahl. She represented Northern Ireland at every Commonwealth Games between 1958 and 1974.

What sport did Mary Peters win?

In the 45th pentathlon of her career, the veteran Mary Peters of Spartan Ladies AC achieved the ultimate athletic success by winning an Olympic title with a new world record. The English-born Peters spent much of her life in Ireland and her first pentathlon competition was at Ballymena in 1955.

What nationality is Mary Peters?

British

How old is Mary Peters?

82 years (July 6, 1939)

Is Mary Peters still alive?

Peters was born in Halewood, Lancashire, but moved to Ballymena (and later Belfast) at age eleven when her father’s job was relocated to Northern Ireland. She now lives in Derriaghy, within the Lisburn and Castlereagh district, just outside Belfast.