The track and field champion and proud Aboriginal woman has taken up a key Olympic advisory role, becoming the latest high-profile star to help Games organisers.
Ms Freeman, 53, became the face of the 2000 Sydney Games and the first Indigenous Australian to win individual Olympic gold by claiming a stunning 400m victory.
Almost 30 years later, she hopes to leave her mark on the upcoming Brisbane Games after joining the organising committee's Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander advisory group.
Freeman will join former sprint star Patrick Johnson and ex-Boomers basketball skipper Patty Mills when the group meets this week to support the Brisbane 2032 board on the Games' direction.
"I have so many wonderful memories of the Sydney 2000 Games, from the honour of lighting the Olympic flame to the jubilation of winning gold in the 400 metres final," Ms Freeman said in a statement.
"I'm excited to create new memories ahead of Brisbane and Queensland's turn to host."
Four advisory groups will support the 2032 board in the Brisbane Games countdown - Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander, athletes and sport along with commercial and councils.
"There is nothing like the sense of unity, pride and belonging that sweeps across a home nation and everyone that visits during a Games," Freeman said.
"To have an opportunity to be part of this advisory group and the counsel they are delivering is very special.
"Our home Games in 2032 is an incredible opportunity to showcase the very best of who we are to the world, starting with our history dating back more than 65,000 years, and I look forward to playing my part over the coming six years."
Freeman is arguably the biggest name to join the Brisbane 2032 crew, which also features swimming greats Ian Thorpe and Susie O'Neill and former world No.1 golfer Greg Norman.
Thorpe and O'Neill feature on the athletes and sport advisory group, while Norman is a 2032 board member.
"There are few Australians with the gravitas of Cathy Freeman," Brisbane 2032 president Andrew Liveris said.
"I'm delighted she has accepted the invitation to be part of our Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Advisory Group, who are providing critical advice to the Brisbane 2032 board as we progress towards the Games."
The race has already begun for 2032 venue delivery with the Queensland government last week providing a sneak peek of its centrepiece - the $3.8 billion, 63,000-seat Brisbane Stadium.
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