Mary Elizabeth Peters (British) (born 6 July 1939) Mary moved to Ballymena when she was eleven years old and she won a gold medal on Summer Olympics in Munich.
She supported and became the Trustee of the outward bound trust, Patron of Springhill Hospice in Rochdale, Greater Manchester.
She represented Northern Ireland at every Commonwealth Games between 1958 and 1974. In these games she won 2 gold medals for the pentathlon, plus a gold and silver medal for the shot put.
Peters was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire promoted to Commander (CBE) In the 2000 she was promoted to Dame Commander (DBE). Northern Ireland's premier athletics track, on the outskirts of Belfast, is called the Mary Peters Track in her honer.
The current gold medal holder in the womens pentathlon after this summers olympic games in londen is Jessica Ennis.
