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LOCAL Friday 17 May 2019

Aruban appointed to be President of Coordination Committee Olympics

ORANJESTAD — Aruban Nicole
Hoevertsz, member of the
International Olympic Committee
since 2006 and currently a member
of the IOC Executive Board, has
been appointed to be the new
president of the Coordination
Committee of the Olympic Games.

President of the International
Olympic Committee (IOC) Thomas
Bach confirmed two top positions
that Hoevertsz will execute. It
concerns the coordination of the
Olympics in Paris in 2024 as well
as the games in Los Angeles in
2028. The news was shared by the
Comite Olimpico Arubano (COA)
on social media. Hoevertsz is a
former synchronized swimmer. She
competed in the women's duet
competitions for multiple Aruban
and Antillean championships,
participated in several regional
and international championships
(1973-1984) and as well in the
duet during the Los Angeles
1984 Olympic Games. She was
synchronized swimming coach,
ad honorem (1984-1998) coach
of the Aruban solo and duet team
participating in the Seoul 1988
Olympic Games.q