About Laura Flessel-Colovic
Laura Flessel-Colovic 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 progressed quickly and became champion of Guadeloupe. She won her first world stage success in 1995, finishing in third place at the Hague World Championships. After her gold medal at the 1996 Summer Olympics and her victory at 1998 World Cup, she became the eighth French fencer, and first woman, to win the Olympic and World Champion titles. Laura Flessel began fencing at age six and quickly became a very talented fencer.
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