As per our current Database, Mary Peters is still alive (as per Wikipedia, Last update: May 10, 2020).
Currently, Mary Peters is 84 years, 8 months and 23 days old. Mary Peters will celebrate 85rd birthday on a Saturday 6th of July 2024. Below we countdown to Mary Peters upcoming birthday.
Popular As | Mary Peters |
Occupation | Shot Putter |
Age | 84 years old |
Zodiac Sign | Cancer |
Born | July 6, 1939 (England) |
Birthday | July 6 |
Town/City | England |
Nationality | England |
Mary Peters’s zodiac sign is Cancer. According to astrologers, the sign of Cancer belongs to the element of Water, just like Scorpio and Pisces. Guided by emotion and their heart, they could have a hard time blending into the world around them. Being ruled by the Moon, phases of the lunar cycle deepen their internal mysteries and create fleeting emotional patterns that are beyond their control. As children, they don't have enough coping and defensive mechanisms for the outer world, and have to be approached with care and understanding, for that is what they give in return.
Mary Peters was born in the Year of the Rabbit. Those born under the Chinese Zodiac sign of the Rabbit enjoy being surrounded by family and friends. They’re popular, compassionate, sincere, and they like to avoid conflict and are sometimes seen as pushovers. Rabbits enjoy home and entertaining at home. Compatible with Goat or Pig.
After winning gold in the shot put and pentathlon events at the 1970 Commonwealth Games in Edinburgh, Scotland, she won Olympic Gold and set a world record as a pentathlete at the 1972 Summer Games in Munich, West Germany.
Her interest in athletics began during her time at Portadown College in County Armagh, Northern Ireland. She competed in her first Commonwealth Games in 1966, winning a silver medal in the competition's shot put event.
After she beat German athlete Heide Rosendahl to an Olympic gold medal, Peters, who is a protestant, was subjected to several death threats from sources possibly connected to the IRA.
She spent her earliest years in Lancashire, England, and the remainder of her life in Northern Ireland. Her father supported her early athletic aspirations by constructing training facilities for her at the family's Portadown home.
She and fellow British shot putter Geoff Capes both won gold at the Commonwealth Games.