Mary Peters
How the Northern Irish pentathlete became a hero for winning gold at the 1972 Olympic Games in Munich.
In 1972, the Northern Irish athlete Mary Peters became a hero across the sectarian divide in her country by winning the gold medal in pentathlon at the Munich Olympics. At the age of 33, Peters was coming to the end of her career but she took victory in the final 200-metre sprint by just one tenth of a second, setting a World Record in the process. Mary Peters talks to Ian Williams.
PHOTO: Mary Peters in action (Getty Images)
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