What is Mary Peters?
'''Lady Mary Elizabeth Peters''' <small>[[Order of the Garter|LG]] [[Order of the Companions of Honour|CH]] [[Order of the British Empire|DBE]]</small> (born 6 July 1939) is a retired [[Athletics (sport)|athlete]] and sportsperson from [[Northern Ireland]]. She won a gold medal at the 1972 [[Olympic Games]] for pentathlon, as well as three gold medals in the [[Commonwealth Games]] in [[shot put]] and [[pentathlon]]. She founded the Mary Peters Trust which helps young people in Northern Ireland to take part in [[sport]]. She was also [[Lord Lieutenant]] of [[Belfast]] from 2009 to 2014. She was made a [[Order of the British Empire|dame]] in 2000, a [[Order of the Companions of Honour|Companion of Honour]] in 2015, and a Lady Companion of the [[Order of the Garter]] in 2019. {{DEFAULTSORT:Peters, Mary}} [[Category:1939 births]] [[Category:Living people]] [[Category:British athletes]] [[Category:Lord-lieutenants]] [[Category:Sportspeople from Belfast]] {{sports-bio-stub}}