Ms Emma Sheers

Since the inception of the Queensland Sport Hall of Fame in 2009, 30 different sports have been included - until tonight. Now there are 31.

Joining the elite of Queensland sport is a woman who dominated water-skiing around the world for more than 15 years.

Born and raised in Bendigo, Emma Sheers inherited her parents' love of water skiing on the Loddon River before moving to Bundaberg at 18 and later in 2002 to the Sunshine Coast. 

She is a four-time world champion - twice each in slalom and jump - and in 2003 become the only woman in 30 years to won both disciplines in the highest level.

International Water Ski Federation Athlete of the Year in 2003 and 2005 and a finalist in the Queensland Sports Star of the Year and Sports Woman of the Year in 2003, she was a member of the Australian team for 17 years.

She won 17 Australian titles, set 28 national records and had more than 90 professional victories on a world tour that saw her spend four months a year competing against the very best in the United States and Europe. 

Reaching speeds of 140km/hr at the bottom of the ramp in jump events to fly 55m through the air, or carving through a slalom course with a rope so short it doesn't even reach the bouys...it's all in a day's work.

So too is fostering her sporting love, working in retirement as a coach, administrator and international Board member while operating the Oz Ski Resort Waterski Park at Coolum.