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Laura Flessel

Laura Flessel-Colovic
Laura Flessel-Colovic, Team trophy presentation Challenge international de Saint-Maur 2013 t161426.jpg
Minister of Sports
Assumed office
17 May 2017
Prime Minister Édouard Philippe
Preceded by Patrick Kanner
Personal details
Born (1971-11-06) 6 November 1971 (age 45)
Petit-Bourg, Guadeloupe
Spouse(s) Denis Colovic
Children 1
Weapon(s) épée
Hand left-handed
Height 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Weight 60 kg (132 lb)
Personal coach(es) Daniel Levavasseur
Retired 2012
FIE Ranking archive

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.

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.

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.

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


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