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| Birth name | Nicola Val Cooney | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 1966 (age 57–58) Rotorua, New Zealand | ||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Diving | ||||||||||||||
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Nicola Val Cooney (former married name Riordan; born 1966) is a New Zealand police officer and former diver. She represented her country at the 1986 and 1990 Commonwealth Games, winning a bronze medal at the latter. Since 2023, Cooney has been the Eastern Bay of Plenty area commander in the New Zealand Police.