Laura Flessel-Colovic

Laura Flessel-Colovic
Personal information
Born	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
Medal record Women's fencing Competitor for  France Olympic Games[1][2] 1996 Atlanta Individual épée 1996 Atlanta Team épée 2004 Athens Individual épée 2000 Sydney Individual épée 2004 Athens Team épée World Championships Chaux-de-Fds. 1998 Individual épée Chaux-de-Fds. 1998 Team épée Seoul 1999 Individual épée Leipzig 2005 Team épée St.Petersburg 2007 Team épée Beijing 2008 Team épée The Hague 1995 Team épée Nîmes 2001 Individual épée Turin 2006 Team épée The Hague 1995 Individual épée Cape Town 1997 Team épée Leipzig 2005 Individuel épée Turin 2006 Individuel épée European Championships Ghent 2007 Individual épée Ghent 2007 Team épée Plovdiv 2009 Individual épée Leipzig 2010 Individual épée Leipzig 2010 Team épée Sheffield 2011 Team épée Mediterranean Games Almería 2005 Individual épée

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

• 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. She blamed the French team doctors for giving her a drug that is available over the counter in France.^[5]

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.

External links

• "Laura Flessel-Colovic", Time, 11 September 2000
• "Laura Flessel-Colovic", n°30 on Time’s list of "100 Olympic Athletes To Watch" (2008)