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{{short description|French politician and fencer}}
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|birth_place  = [[Petit-Bourg]], [[Guadeloupe]], [[France]]
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|spouse       = Denis Colovic
|children     = 1
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|office       = [[Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports (France)|Minister of Sports]]
|predecessor  = [[Patrick Kanner]]
|primeminister  = [[Édouard Philippe]]
|successor    = [[Roxana Maracineanu]]
|term_start   = 17 May 2017
|term_end     = 4 September 2018     
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{{MedalBronze | [[2010 European Fencing Championships|Leipzig 2010]] | Individual épée }}
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{{MedalBronze | [[1996–97 Fencing World Cup|1997]] | Individual épée }}
{{MedalBronze | [[2005–06 Fencing World Cup|2006]] | Individual épée }}
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'''Laura Flessel-Colovic''' (born 6 November 1971) is a French politician and [[Fencing|épée fencer]] who served as [[Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports (France)|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.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://olympians.org/news/889/olympian-laura-flessel-colovic-sets-example-as-french-sports-minister/|title=Olympian Laura Flessel-Colovic sets example as French Sports Minister|date=2017-06-14|website=World Olympians Association|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200204040821/https://olympians.org/news/889/olympian-laura-flessel-colovic-sets-example-as-french-sports-minister/|archive-date=2020-02-04|access-date=2020-02-03}}</ref> Before 2007, she was a member of the [[Levallois Sporting Club Escrime]], and now works with Lagardère Paris Racing.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.lagardere.com/centre-presse/communiques-de-presse/communiques-de-presse-122.html&idpress=3248 |title=Lagardère – Communiqués de presse |publisher=Lagardere.com |access-date=14 August 2012}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{cite news|title=Fencer Flessel to be France's Olympic flag-bearer|url=http://sports.ndtv.com/othersports/othersports/item/190040-fencer-flessel-to-be-frances-olympic-flag-bearer|newspaper=NDTV|date=15 May 2012|agency=Agence France-Presse|access-date=23 June 2012|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120720102526/http://sports.ndtv.com/othersports/othersports/item/190040-fencer-flessel-to-be-frances-olympic-flag-bearer|archive-date=20 July 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref>

She was appointed Minister of Sports in the [[Second Philippe Government|Philippe Government]] on 17 May 2017<ref>{{cite news|title=Laura Flessel nommée Ministre des Sports du gouvernement Édouard Philippe|url=https://www.huffingtonpost.fr/2017/05/17/laura-flessel-nommee-ministre-des-sports-du-gouvernement-douard_a_22093722/|author=Grégoire Clavel|date=17 May 2017|work= [[HuffPost]]}}</ref> and resigned on 4 September 2018.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-france-politics-reshuffle-flessel/frances-sports-minister-quits-ahead-of-expected-cabinet-shuffle-idUSKCN1LK0U0|title=France's sports minister quits ahead of expected cabinet shuffle - Reuters|date=2019-09-04|work=Reuters|access-date=2020-02-03}}</ref>

==Sporting career==
[[File:Escrime championnat d'Europe Laura Flessel 1.jpg|thumb|left| Laura Flessel at [[2007 European Fencing Championships]]]]

===Fencer===

Laura Flessel began fencing at age six and quickly became a very talented fencer. She progressed quickly and became champion of Guadeloupe. Then, she gained solid experience on the Caribbean, Central American and Pan American circuits, winning in 1990 the Pan American Championships in foil and épée. The same year, she joined the metropolis, to train with the [[Racing Club de France]]. She also trains within the [[INSEP]], which allows her to face the best French fencers.

She won her first world stage success in 1995, finishing in third place at the [[1995 World Fencing Championships|Hague World Championships]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.fencing.net/426/the-wasp/|title=The Wasp|last=Harkins|first=Craig|date=2003-12-05|website=Fencing.net|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200204041811/https://www.fencing.net/426/the-wasp/|archive-date=2020-02-04|access-date=2020-02-03}}</ref> This bronze medal is accompanied by a silver medal in the team event, which was defeated 45 to 44 by [[Hungary]]. Her teammates were [[Valérie Barlois]], [[Sophie Moressee]] and [[Sangita Tripathi]].<ref>{{cite web|author= Michel Chemin|url=http://www.liberation.fr/sports/1995/07/24/l-epee-francaise-touche-l-argent-un-mondial-de-bonne-augure-a-un-an-des-jeux-olympiques-d-atlanta_139328|title=L'épée française touche l'argent. Un Mondial de bonne augure à un an des Jeux olympiques d'Atlanta |language=fr|publisher=[[Libération]]|date= 24 July 1995|access-date=5 June 2018}}</ref>

After her gold medal at the [[1996 Summer Olympics]] and her victory at [[1998 World Fencing Championships|1998 World Cup]], she became the eighth French fencer, and first woman, to win the Olympic and World Champion titles.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.letelegramme.fr/ar/viewarticle1024.php?aaaammjj=19981009&article=4480716&type=ar|title=Laura Flessel : le monde après l'Olympe|language=fr|publisher=[[Le Télégramme]]|date= 9 October 1998|access-date=5 June 2018}}</ref> She is one of the favorites for the [[2000 Summer Olympics]] title. She finally fails in the semi-final against [[Timea Nagy]]. At the [[2006 World Fencing Championships|2006 World Championships]] in Turin, she gets a new individual bronze medal, beaten again by [[Timea Nagy]]<ref>{{cite web|author= Lionel Venturini |url= https://www.humanite.fr/node/358052|title=Laura Flessel sauve l'honneur |language=fr|publisher=[[L'Humanité]]|date= 5 October 2006|access-date=5 June 2018}}</ref>

The [[2008 Summer Olympics]], her fourth Olympic Games, marks a turning point as it is the first Olympics where she does not get a medal after being eliminated by [[Li Na (fencer)|Li Na]] (15-9) in the quarter-finals. The year 2009 sees again Laura Flessel at the top but still without success with a third place at the [[2009 European Fencing Championships|European Championships]] in [[Plovdiv]]<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.lemonde.fr/sport/article/2009/07/15/le-bronze-pour-laura-flessel-aux-championnats-d-europe-d-escrime_1219204_3242.html|title=Le bronze pour Laura Flessel aux Championnats d'Europe d'escrime|newspaper=Le Monde.fr|language=fr|publisher=[[Le Monde]]|date= 15 July 2009|access-date=5 June 2018}}</ref> and a failure at the [[2009 World Fencing Championships|World Championships]] in [[Antalya]] where she lost f in quarter final against [[Lyubov Shutova]] after a close match that ends in sudden death on the score of 7 to 8.

On 21 April 2012, she qualifies for the [[Fencing at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's épée|individual event]] of the [[2012 Summer Olympics|London Olympics]] by defeating [[Emma Samuelsson]] in the semifinals of the European Zone Qualifying Championship in [[Bratislava]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.lemonde.fr/jeux-olympiques/article/2012/04/21/laura-flessel-colovic-decroche-son-ticket-pour-londres_1689224_1616891.html|title=Laura Flessel-Colovic décroche son ticket pour Londres|newspaper=Le Monde.fr|language=fr|publisher=[[Le Monde]]|date= 21 April 2012|access-date=5 June 2018}}</ref> On 14 May 2012, Laura Flessel is officially designated [[2012 Summer Olympics Parade of Nations|flag bearer of the French delegation]] for the [[2012 Summer Olympics|London Olympics]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.lefigaro.fr/flash-actu/2012/05/14/97001-20120514FILWWW00477-jo-2012-laura-flessel-designee-porte-drapeau.php|title=JO : Laura Flessel désignée porte-drapeau de la délégation française|language=fr|publisher=[[Le Figaro]]|date= 14 March 2012|access-date=5 June 2018}}</ref> In her final competition, she defeated [[Courtney Hurley]] (15-12) before losing to [[Simona Gherman]] (No. 4 worldwide) 15–13. She ends her career at the age of 40.<ref>{{cite web|author= Aurelie Bas |url=https://www.melty.fr/jo-2012-laura-flessel-peut-prendre-sa-retraite-elle-perd-en-8e-de-finale-a121575.html|title=JO 2012 : Laura Flessel peut prendre sa retraite, elle perd en 8e de finale |language=fr|publisher={{interlanguage link|Melty (infotainment)|lt=Melty|fr|Melty}}|date= 30 July 2012|access-date=5 June 2018}}</ref>

===Doping offense===

Laura Flessel was banned for three months in 2002 after failing a doping test.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.espn.com/olympics/summer08/fanguide/athlete?athlete=15896|title=Laura Flessel|date=Summer 2008|website=ESPN.com|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200204042229/http://www.espn.com/olympics/summer08/fanguide/athlete?athlete=15896|archive-date=2020-02-04|access-date=2020-02-03}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.liberation.fr/sports/0101429884-laura-flessel-suspendue-et-revoltee |title=Laura Flessel, suspendue et révoltée – Libération |publisher=Liberation.fr |access-date=14 August 2012}}</ref>

===Sports management===

In 2012, she took over the management of [[Nathalie Moellhausen]], a native of Italy and competing under the colors of Brazil, forming a group also composed of two fencing masters, [[Daniel Levavasseur]] and [[Michel Sicard]], the latter having both coached Flessel.<ref>{{cite web|author= Etic Michel |url=http://www.leparisien.fr/sports/jo/rio-2016/rio-2016-la-double-vie-de-laura-flessel-07-08-2016-6020691.php|title=Rio 2016 : la double vie de Laura Flessel |language=fr|publisher={{interlanguage link|Melty (infotainment)|lt=Melty|fr|Melty}}|date= 7 August 2016|access-date=5 June 2018}}</ref>

==Sports consultant and other activities==

===Media and television===
[[File:Conf presse FFE 2012-06-12 n11.jpg|thumb|left| Laura Flessel in 2012]]

In 2008, Laura Flessel was a columnist for the daily newspaper Aujourd'hui Sport.

She was a contestant on the [[Danse avec les stars (France season 3)|third season]] of ''[[Danse avec les stars]]''.<ref>{{cite web|author= Etic Michel |url=https://www.voici.fr/news-people/actu-people/danse-avec-les-stars-3-laura-flessel-a-ete-eliminee-468905|title=Danse avec les stars 3 : Laura Flessel a été éliminée|language=fr|publisher=[[Voici]]|date= 21 October 2012|access-date=5 June 2018}}</ref>

During the [[2016 Summer Olympics]] she commented, on [[Canal+ (French TV channel)|Canal +]], the [[2016 Summer Olympics opening ceremony|opening ceremony]] with [[Stéphane Guy]] and [[Joris Sabi]], the [[Fencing at the 2016 Summer Olympics|fencing events]] with [[Frédéric Roullier]] and the [[2016 Summer Olympics closing ceremony|closing ceremony]] with [[Julien Fébreau]] and [[Jean Galfione]].<ref>{{cite web|author= Dimitri Ranchou |url=https://www.mediasportif.fr/2016/05/20/canal-puissance-8-pour-rio/|title=Canal+ puissance 8 pour Rio|language=fr|publisher=Média Sportif|date= 20 May 2016|access-date=5 June 2018}}</ref>

In 2012, she participated in [[Danse avec les stars (France season 3)|season 3]] of ''[[Danse avec les stars]]'' (the French version of ''[[Dancing with the Stars]]'') with her partner [[Grégoire Lyonnet]] but got eliminated in week 3, finishing 9th out of 10.

===Community life===

She is ambassador of the [[Amref Health Africa|AMREF]] Flying Doctors' Stand Up for African Mothers campaign, the godmother of [[Handicap International]], and Ambassador of [[Plan France]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.ouest-france.fr/sport/escrime/gouvernement-laura-flessel-la-guepe-pointe-dard-dard-en-politique-4997724|title=Nommée ministre des sports, Laura Flessel une fine lame au gouvernement|last=Fretigne|first=Laurent|date=2017-05-17|work=Ouest-France|access-date=2020-02-03}}</ref> His long-term project is to bring fencing to disadvantaged cities and places. She is also a goodwill ambassador for UNESCO where she promotes tolerance in sports.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://en.unesco.org/who-who-women-speakers/flessel-colovic?language=en|title=Laura FLESSEL-COLOVIC: Olympic Medal Winner Fencer and Goodwill Ambassador for UNESCO|website=UNESCO.org|date=13 November 2015|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200204042824/https://en.unesco.org/who-who-women-speakers/flessel-colovic?language=en|archive-date=2020-02-04|access-date=2020-02-03}}</ref>

She founded the association Ti'Colibri which aims to promote fencing. Thanks to its action, it has been able to offer means and equipment to clubs with few resources.<ref>{{cite web|author= Marianne Behar |url=https://www.humanite.fr/node/340331|title=Laura Flessel se fend pour les petits clubs|language=fr|publisher=[[L'Humanité]]|date=10 December 2005|access-date=5 June 2018}}</ref>

==Political career==

During the two-rounds of the [[2017 French presidential election|French presidential election of 2017]], she was one of the sixty active or retired sportsmen who signed a call to vote for [[Emmanuel Macron]] on 7 May 2017 in the second round of the presidential election "so that sport remains an area of freedom, equality and fraternity."<ref>{{cite web|author= Marianne Behar |url=https://rmcsport.bfmtv.com/football/presidentielle-matuidi-et-des-sportifs-francais-appellent-a-voter-macron-1156076.html|title=Présidentielle: Matuidi et des sportifs français appellent à voter Macron|language=fr|publisher=[[BFM TV]]|date=3 May 2017|access-date=5 June 2018}}</ref>

On 17 May 2017, she was appointed Minister of Sports in the [[First Philippe government]], under the presidency of Emmanuel Macron, a position she held in the [[Second Philippe government]], which was formed on 21 June 2017.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rfi.fr/sports/20170517-ex-championne-escrime-laura-flessel-ministre-sports|title=L'ex-championne d'escrime Laura Flessel ministre des Sports|language=fr|publisher=[[Radio France Internationale]]|date=17 May 2017|access-date=5 June 2018}}</ref>

The government's second most popular minister at the end of 2017, she is notably responsible for preparing the organization of the [[2024 Summer Olympics]]. At the beginning of 2018, she launched a campaign against discrimination in the sporting world, with as ambassadors [[Antoine Griezmann]], [[Estelle Mossely]], [[Marie-Amélie Le Fur]], [[Frédéric Michalak]], [[Emmeline Ndongue]] and [[Florent Manaudou]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.lequipe.fr/Tous-sports/Actualites/Laura-flessel-lance-une-campagne-contre-les-discriminations/884457|title=Laura Flessel lance une campagne contre les discriminations|language=fr|publisher=[[L'Équipe]]|date=15 March 2018|access-date=5 June 2018}}</ref>

== 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 [[2006 World Fencing Championships|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 [[2006 World Fencing Championships|individual épée in 2006]]
* '''World Cup Fencing'''
** World Cup winner individual épée in 2002, 2003 and 2004
** World Cup runner-up individual épée in 1997

==References==
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== External links ==
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* [https://web.archive.org/web/20010111012800/http://www.time.com/time/europe/magazine/2000/0911/oly_flessel.html "Laura Flessel-Colovic"], ''[[Time (magazine)|Time]]'', 11 September 2000
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20080727092840/http://www.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,1819129_1819134_1825752,00.html "Laura Flessel-Colovic"], n°30 on ''Time'''s list of "100 Olympic Athletes To Watch" (2008)
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* {{EFC}}
* {{Olympedia}}
* {{Olympics.com profile}}
* {{Team France}}
* {{CNOSF}}

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