MUNICH — Two-time Olympic figure skating champion Katarina Witt will have a leading role in Munich's bid for the 2018 Winter Games.

The 43-year-old Witt was presented Thursday as the head of a 23-member board of trustees for the bid. The board includes soccer legend Franz Beckenbauer, who brought the 2006 World Cup to Germany, and former Olympic skiing champion Rosi Mittermaier.

Witt, a former East German, won gold in Calgary in 1988 and in Sarajevo four years earlier.

Other cities in the running for the 2018 Olympics are Pyeongchang, South Korea, and Annecy, France. The International Olympic Committee will choose the host in 2011.

Munich is aiming to become the first city to host both the summer and winter Olympics. The 1972 summer games were held there.