Laura Flessel-Colovic

Laura Flessel-Colovic
Personal information
Born (1971-11-06) 6 November 1971
Petit-Bourg, Guadeloupe
Weapon(s) épée
Hand left-handed
Height 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Weight 60 kg (130 lb)
Personal coach(es) Daniel Levavasseur
Retired 2012
FIE Ranking archive

Laura Flessel-Colovic (born 6 November 1971 in Pointe-à-Pitre, Guadeloupe) is a French épée fencer. She is currently number one on the all-time list of French female Olympic medal winners, with five. Before 2007, she was a member of the Levallois Sporting Club Escrime. Nowadays she works with the Lagardère Paris Racing.[3] She is married and has one daughter.

She was France's flag-bearer at the 2012 Summer Olympics opening ceremony in London. It was her fifth and last Olympics.[4]

Honours

Controversy

Laura Flessel was banned for three months in 2002 after failing a doping test. She tested positive for the banned substance coramine glucose. She blamed the French team doctors for giving her a drug that is available over the counter in France.[5]

Other

She was one of the contetant during the Third season of Danse avec les stars.

References

  1. "Olympics Statistics: Laura Flessel-Colovic". databaseolympics.com.
  2. "Laura Flessel-Colovic". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC.
  3. "Lagardère – Communiqués de presse". Lagardere.com. Retrieved 14 August 2012.
  4. "Fencer Flessel to be France's Olympic flag-bearer". NDTV. Agence France-Presse. 15 May 2012.
  5. "Laura Flessel, suspendue et révoltée – Libération". Liberation.fr. Retrieved 14 August 2012.
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Olympic Games
Preceded by
Tony Estanguet
Flagbearer for  France
London 2012
Succeeded by
Teddy Riner


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