A Long and Illustrious History
Mary Peters won an Olympic gold medal in which event?
APentathlon ✓
B100m sprint
CSwimming
DRowing
Answer & explanation
The correct answer is Pentathlon.
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.
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