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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 53) 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)
  

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.

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She was appointed Minister of Sports in the Philippe Government on 17 May 2017.

Honours

  • Summer Olympics
  • Gold Medal in individual épée in 1996
  • Gold Medal in team épée in 1996
  • Silver Medal in individual épée in 2004
  • Bronze Medal in individual épée in 2000
  • Bronze Medal in team épée in 2004
  • World Championships
  • Gold Medal in individual épée in 1998
  • Gold Medal in team épée in 1998
  • Gold Medal in individual épée in 1999
  • Gold Medal in team épée in 2005
  • Gold Medal in team épée in 2008
  • Silver Medal in team épée in 1995
  • Silver Medal in individual épée in 2001
  • Silver Medal in team épée in 2006
  • Bronze Medal in individual épée in 1995
  • Bronze Medal in team épée in 1997
  • Bronze Medal in individual épée in 2005
  • Bronze Medal in individual épée in 2006
  • World Cup Fencing
  • World Cup winner individual épée in 2002 and 2003
  • World Cup runner-up individual épée in 1997
  • 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.

    Other

    She was a contestant on the third season of Danse avec les stars.

    References

    Laura Flessel-Colovic Wikipedia


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