Nicole Hoevertsz

{{short description|Dutch Antillean synchronized swimmer}}

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| name = Nicole Hoevertsz

| honorific-suffix = {{postnominals|OLY}}[https://www.aipsmedia.com/aips/pages/articles/2017/21983.html More than 1000 Olympians register for OLY] - website of the {{Interlanguage link|Association Internationale de la Presse Sportive|fr}} (International Sports Press Association)

| image = 2018-10-13 Victory ceremony (Diving Girls 10m platform) at 2018 Summer Youth Olympics by Sandro Halank–034.jpg

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| caption = Nicole Hoevertsz (2018)

| fullname = Nicole L. M. Hoevertsz

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| nationality = {{ARU}}

| strokes = Synchronized swimming

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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1964|5|30|df=y}}

| birth_place = Aruba

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| updated = 16 November 2014

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Nicole L. M. Hoevertsz (born 30 May 1964) is a former synchronized swimmer from Aruba (formerly part of the Netherlands Antilles). She competed in the women's duet competitions.{{cite web |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ho/nicole-hoevertsz-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418123134/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ho/nicole-hoevertsz-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=18 April 2020 |title=Nicole Hoevertsz Olympic Results |accessdate=14 November 2014 |work=sports-reference.com}}

Nicole has been a member of the International Olympic Committee since 2006 and is currently a member of the IOC Executive Board.{{cite web |url=http://www.olympic.org/mrs-nicole-hoevertsz |title=IOC profile |accessdate=14 November 2014}} In July 2021 she was elected as the Vice-President of the IOC. She has additionally served as the secretary-general of the Aruban Swimming Federation since 1991 and was a member of the organizing committee for the 1999 Pan American Games as well as a member of the Executive Board of the Pan American Sports Organization.

She studied law at the Colegio Arubano, the University of The Netherlands Antilles (now the University of Curaçao), and Leiden University. She served as a legal advisor to the Department of Foreign Affairs of Aruba from 1991-94 and then since 2002. She additionally served as Deputy Permanent Secretary to the Council of Ministers of Aruba from 1994-96, and as legal advisor to the Prime Minister of Aruba from 1997-2001. She was furthermore appointed as the Permanent Secretary to the Council of Ministers in 2009.{{cite web|url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/44889 |title=Nicole Hoevertsz |website=Olympedia |publisher=OLYMadMen |access-date=March 29, 2025}}