Olympic gold medallist rower Lisa Carrington and BMX silver medallist Sarah Walker have been named as the new faces of Beef + Lamb New Zealand (B+LNZ Inc).

The pair will become a key part of upcoming television advertising in New Zealand.

B+LNZ Inc chief executive Rod Slater says choosing the popular Olympians to front the organisation’s domestic marketing campaigns was a no-brainer.

“These girls have it all and New Zealanders have really taken them into their hearts.”

They follow in the footsteps of former cyclist Sarah Ulmer and rowing twins Georgina Earl (née Evers Swindell) and Caroline Meyer (née Evers Swindell), whom B+LNZ Inc continues to support.

The pair were featured in an item on TV3 on 8 September. Watch.