Aussie gold medallist Natalie Cook will be stepping onto the podium once again - this time to bring the 2032 Brisbane Olympics and Paralympic Games to the world.
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Australia's fastest man, Patrick Johnson will also join the Queensland premier and deputy premier on the organising committee, with the first meeting to be held at the end of April.
Brisbane's Lord Mayor will also join the committee.
Beach volleyballer Cook is no stranger to the Olympic stage after winning gold at Sydney in 2000, and looks forward to showing off her home state on the global stage.
"I never thought I'd be that excited about a phone call to be asked to join team Queensland on what is to deliver the greatest thing that will come to Queensland over the next 10 years which, of course, is the Olympics and Paralympics," she said.
At her side will be sprinter Patrick Johnson - the first person of non-African heritage to break the 10-second barrier.
Current Oceania and Australian record holder, Johnson will spread the Olympic spirit in Queensland's remote indigenous and Torres Strait Islander communities.
"I'm looking forward to this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to shape the Queensland version of this amazing event."
The announcement completes the premier's nominees to the 22 member Organising Committee for the Olympic Games Board.
Others already selected for positions include Australian Olympic Committee president John Coates, AOC chief executive Matt Carroll, Paralympics Australia president Jock O'Callaghan and athlete representatives Bronte Barratt and Kurt Fearnley.
Queensland sports administrators Tracy Stockwell and Rebecca Frizelle have also been selected, with five more independent directors yet to be announced.
The nominees will go before cabinet on Monday.
Australian Associated Press
