Scott Morrison names his choices for 2032 Olympic Games board

Respected sports administrators and a number of politicians have been chosen by Scott Morrison to help plan and deliver Brisbane’s 2032 Olympics.

Two Queenslanders with decades of sports administration experience have been revealed among Prime Minister Scott Morrison’s four appointments to Brisbane’s powerful Olympic Games committee.

The Courier-Mail can reveal Mr Morrison has selected former Olympic swimmer turned administrator Tracy Stockwell and former Gold Coast Titans co-owner Rebecca Frizelle to sit on the Brisbane Olympic Committee.

Mr Morrison has also tapped Federal Sports Minister Richard Colbeck and his special envoy to the Games, Sunshine Coast MP Ted O’Brien, to join the board.

It is the largest bloc of appointments since a law establishing the committee was passed on December 2.

Former Olympians Mark and Tracy Stockwell pictured with Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk and her partner Reza Adib. Picture: David Clark

Mr Morrison said both women brought years of experience and would be an asset in planning the delivery of the global event.

“The Brisbane Olympics Games in 2032 will showcase the best of Queensland, providing our athletes with the ability to thrive on the world stage on home soil but it will also provide economic opportunities for many and create a legacy for generations of young sporting Aussies, so we must get it right,” he said.

“Queenslanders Tracy Stockwell and Rebecca Frizelle are renowned sport administrators and understand what is needed behind the scenes to create a successful event on the field or in the pool and I believe they will make an important contribution to the success of the Games.”

Ms Stockwell was a successful United States Olympian before moving to Australia.

She is a director and the vice-president of Swimming Australia and previously chaired the Queensland Academy of Sport.

Scott Morrison’s Olympic committee selection Rebecca Frizelle. Picture: Glenn Hampson

Ms Frizelle was appointed to the board of the Gold Coast Titans in 2014 and is now a director of Paralympics Australia and a member of the Griffith University Council.

Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk is yet to announce her four appointments while a joint-selection process between the state and Commonwealth to select five directors, including the committee president, will be finalised early in 2022.

The gender split of Mr Morrison’s selections means six of the nine remaining vacancies must be filled by women to achieve the board’s equality target.

It comes as the battle to find Australian Olympic Committee President John Coates’ replacement heats up.

Queenslander Mark Stockwell – who met Tracy at the 1984 Los Angeles Games – will take on Tokyo Chef de Mission Ian Chesterman.

Mr Chesterman is a popular figure in the Australian Olympic movement and said he was “heartened” by the widespread support to stand.

“It would be an honour, if elected, to continue to serve our athletes and our sports at this exciting time for the Olympic movement in Australia as we build on the success of our Tokyo campaign and plan for the Olympic Games in Brisbane in 2032,” he said.

IOC President Thomas Bach and Vice President John Coates with Mathias Cormann and Prime Minister Scott Morrison.

THE COMMITTEE

John Coates – President of the Australian Olympic Committee

Matt Carroll – CEO of the Australian Olympic Committee

Jock O’Callaghan – President of Paralympics Australia

Robyn Smith – International Paralympic Committee Governing Board member

Bronte Barratt – Athlete representative

Kurt Fearnley – Athlete representative

Adrian Schrinner – Brisbane Lord Mayor

Karen Williams – Redland City Council Mayor

Richard Colbeck – Sports Minister

Ted O’Brien – Federal MP

Rebecca Frizelle – Sports administrator

Tracy Stockwell – Sports administrator