She's been crowned the second-fittest woman on earth, and he battled malaria most of last year, but together they'll make their Olympic weightlifting debuts in Rio.
Australian world CrossFit games runner-up Tia-Clair Toomey and dual Commonwealth Games medallist Simplice Ribouem booked their tickets to the Rio games on Thursday.
The pair secured the two spots following solid performances at the Australian Open last December and the Oceania Championships in May.
Toomey, a 22-year-old from Gladstone only started weightlifting seriously 18 months ago.
Last year the Queenslander was given the moniker of second-fittest woman at the CrossFit world games in the US.
"Both sports complement each other," she said.
"Weightlifting is a weakness in CrossFit so it's a high priority in training and it means my training is always varied," she said.
Toomey will again compete again at the world CrossFit event in July before she heads to Rio, but says the Olympics will be a career highlight.
"It's the pinnacle of any sporting competition," she said.
"I'll probably be star struck the whole time."
The games will act as a comeback for Ribouem after he was struck down by malaria early last year.
The Cameroon-born athlete had been visiting family in his home country after his father passed away when he contracted the disease.
The 33-year-old took six months off the sport last year and was still taking antibiotics last month.
"This means a lot. It's the top aim of every athlete. I tried in 2008, missed out in 2012 and this time I've made it," he said.
Ribouem, who lifted for Cameroon at the 2006 Commonwealth Games before seeking asylum in Australia, now lives in Melbourne with his partner and two children.
He won gold at the 2010 Commonwealth Games in Delhi before taking home silver at Glasgow 2014 and was overjoyed to make the Olympic team.
"I don't have the words, it's just happiness to represent Australia and I now I need to fight to be on the podium," he said.
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