Weapon(s) epee FIE Ranking archive Weight 55 kg Hand left-handed Name Laura Flessel-Colovic Spouse Denis Colovic (m. 1996) | Role Olympic athlete Children Leilou Colovic Retired 2012 Height 1.70 m | |
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Born 6 November 1971 (age 52)
Petit-Bourg, Guadeloupe ( 1971-11-06 ) Parents Edward Flessel, Marie Eva Flessel Similar People Maureen Nisima, Timea Nagy, Valerie Barlois, Gianna Hablutzel‑Burki, Sophie Moressee‑Pichot Profiles | ||
Personal coach(es) Daniel Levavasseur | ||
Laura flessel colovic et francesco agnello
Laura Flessel-Colovic (born 6 November 1971 in Pointe-à-Pitre, Guadeloupe) is the French Minister of Sports and a French épée fencer. She has won the most medals of any French female Olympian, with five. Before 2007, she was a member of the Levallois Sporting Club Escrime, and now works with Lagardère Paris Racing. She is married and has one daughter.
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She was France's flag-bearer at the 2012 Summer Olympics opening ceremony in London, which was her fifth and last Olympics.
She was appointed Minister of Sports in the Philippe Government on 17 May 2017.
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Controversy
Laura Flessel was banned for three months in 2002 after failing a doping test. She tested positive for the banned substance coramine glucose, blaming the French team doctors for giving her a drug that is available over the counter in France.
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She was a contestant on the third season of Danse avec les stars.