Mary Peters (Shot Putter ) was born in England, United Kingdom on a Thursday, July 6, 1939 🎈. Mary Peters is 85 years old. She is a Cancer ♋ and was born in the Year of the Rabbit 🐇.
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.
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| FULL NAME: | Mary Peters |
| BIRTH DATE: | July 6, 1939 |
| BIRTHPLACE: | England, United Kingdom |
| AGE: | 85 years old |
| NATIONALITY: | British |
| ETHNICITY: | White |
| ZODIAC: | Cancer |
| CHINESE ZODIAC: | Rabbit |
About
Mary Peters is a Shot Putter. Mary was born in the 1930s, in the middle of the Silent Generation generation. Silent Generation are individuals born between 1925 and 1945. This generation is known for Jazz, Martin Luther King, Jr., Frank Sinatra, Malcolm X, Gone With The Wind, Mickey Mouse, Andy Warhol, Clint Eastwood, Bob Dylan. The Silent Generation has experienced critical historical events, including the Korean War, The Cold War, the McCarthy Hearings, and the Space Race.
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. Find out who is Mary Peters dating right now.
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.
DID YOU KNOW 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.
FACT She and fellow British shot putter Geoff Capes both won gold at the Commonwealth Games.
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Birthday
Currently, Mary Peters is 85 years old. Her next birthday is away. Mary will celebrate her 86th birthday on a Thursday, July 6th. She shares a birthday with everyone who was born on July 6, 1939. Below is the countdown to her upcoming birthday.
Zodiac
Mary Peters’s zodiac sign is Cancer. People born between the dates of June 21st and July 22nd belong to the fourth sign in the zodiac, Cancer. Cancer are known for being loyal, hyper emotional, caring, and intuitive. On the bad side, Cancers can be overly sensitive, moody, and vindictive. Taurus & Pisces are the most compatible signs for Cancers.
Famous Cancer celebrities are Selena Gomez, Ariana Grande, Lionel Messi, Kevin Hart, Khloe Kardashian, Meryl Streep, Tom Hanks, and King Bach. Cancer ruling planet is Moon. Astrologically, Moon represents your emotional side, your feelings, intuition and memories.
Mary Peters was born in the Year of the Rabbit. Rabbit symbolizes elegance and beauty in Chinese culture. People born in the Year of the Rabbit are intuitive, even-tempered, gentle, faithful, compassionate, and clever. They can also sometimes be pessimistic, insecure, vain, overly cautious, and finicky.
This year is the Year of the Dragon.
DID YOU KNOW United States life expectancy is about 78.5 years.
Mary Peters is a 85 years old Shot Putter, born in July, in the Year of the Rabbit (1939), and is a Cancer. Her life path number is 8. Mary’s birthstone is Ruby, and her birth flower is Larkspur. You may also check out all famous birthdays in July or specifically birthdays on July 6.
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