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A Long and Illustrious History

Mary Peters won an Olympic gold medal in which event?

A100m sprint
BRowing
CPentathlon
DSwimming

Explanation

Mary Peters won an Olympic gold medal in the pentathlon at the 1972 Munich Olympics. Born in Manchester, she moved to Northern Ireland as a child and became a major sporting figure there.

hardmary petersolympicspentathlon

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