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Mary Peters

1939 - Today

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Lady Mary Elizabeth Peters (born 6 July 1939) is a Northern Irish former athlete and athletics administrator. She is best known as the 1972 Olympic champion in the pentathlon, for which she won the BBC Sports Personality of the Year Award. Peters was named as Lady Companion of the Order of the Garter on 27 February 2019. She was installed in St. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Mary Peters is the 2,079th most popular athlete (down from 1,689th in 2019), the 5,343rd most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 4,992nd in 2019) and the 84th most popular British Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Mary Peters ranks 2,079 out of 6,025. Before her are Volker Fischer, Charles Dumas, Primož Kozmus, Lorraine Crapp, Frank Henry, and Benny Brown. After her are Marian Dudziak, Bruno Söderström, Andrzej Badeński, Christiane Wartenberg, Angelika Bahmann, and Stanisław Szozda.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1939, Mary Peters ranks 562. Before her are Jorge Fons, James M. Bardeen, James Dunn, Lee Trevino, Ted Kaufman, and Pavel Morozenko. After her are Basil van Rooyen, Pam Kilborn, Jackie Burroughs, Peter Goldreich, Don Williams, and John M. Fabian.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Mary Peters ranks 5,345 out of 8,785. Before her are Montagu Love (1877), Allan McNish (1969), Vic Elford (1935), Anne Heywood (1931), Ronald Stretton (1930), and Kathleen Byron (1921). After her are Charles Townshend, 2nd Viscount Townshend (1674), Chris Thomas (1947), Johnny Douglas (1882), Marc Warren (1967), Rik Mayall (1958), and David Cox (1783).

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Among ATHLETES In United Kingdom

Among athletes born in United Kingdom, Mary Peters ranks 84. Before her are Wendy Smith-Sly (1959), Nancy Mackay (1922), James Wilson (1891), Don Finlay (1909), Janet Simpson (1944), and Fiona May (1969). After her are George Hutson (1889), Dorothy Shirley (1939), Sandra Chick (1947), Mary Rand (1940), David Cecil, 6th Marquess of Exeter (1905), and Douglas Lowe (1902).

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