Laura Flessel-Colovic

Laura Flessel-Colovic
Minister of Sports
In office
17 May 2017  4 September 2018
Prime MinisterÉdouard Philippe
Preceded byPatrick Kanner
Succeeded byRoxana Maracineanu
Personal details
Born (1971-11-06) 6 November 1971
Petit-Bourg, Guadeloupe, France
SpouseDenis Colovic
Children1
Fencing career
Height1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Weight60 kg (132 lb)
Weaponépée
Handleft-handed
Personal coachDaniel Levavasseur
Retired2012
FIE rankingarchive
Medal record
Women's fencing
Representing  France
Olympic Games
1996 AtlantaIndividual épée
1996 AtlantaTeam épée
2004 AthensIndividual épée
2000 SydneyIndividual épée
2004 AthensTeam épée
World Championships
Chaux-de-Fds. 1998Individual épée
Chaux-de-Fds. 1998Team épée
Seoul 1999Individual épée
Leipzig 2005Team épée
St.Petersburg 2007Team épée
Beijing 2008Team épée
The Hague 1995Team épée
Nîmes 2001Individual épée
Turin 2006Team épée
The Hague 1995Individual épée
Cape Town 1997Team épée
Leipzig 2005Individuel épée
Turin 2006Individuel épée
European Championships
Ghent 2007Individual épée
Ghent 2007Team épée
Plovdiv 2009Individual épée
Leipzig 2010Individual épée
Leipzig 2010Team épée
Sheffield 2011Team épée
Mediterranean Games
Almería 2005Individual épée
Fencing World Cup
2002Individual épée
2003Individual épée
2004Individual épée
2005Individual épée
2007Individual épée
1997Individual épée
2006Individual épée

Laura Flessel-Colovic (born 6 November 1971) is a French politician and épée fencer who served as Minister of Sports from 2017 to 2018. Born in Pointe-à-Pitre, Guadeloupe, she has won the most Olympic medals of any French sportswoman, 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 and resigned on 4 September 2018.