IRON WOMAN

 

Dame Mary Elizabeth Peters was born on 6 of July 1939 in Halewood; she was a British athlete. When she reached eleven  she moved to Ballymena. She was a powerful sportswoman since her childhood. She participated in several World Championships. In 1972 summer Olympics she won the gold medal in the women's pentathlon and also in the Commonweath Games from 1972  she won two gold medals for the pentathlon plus gold and  silver medals for the shot put. Throughout her life she won four golds and a silver. She was one of the people who support charities such as Springhill Hospice in Rochdale. On the outskirts of Belfast the stadium was named in her name because of her achievements in sports. At the moment she lives in Lisburn outside of Belfast.