BLACK SOCIAL HISTORY : AFRO-FRENCH " LAURA FLESSEL-COLOVIC " IS A FRENCH EPEE FENCER AND TOP FRENCH OLYMPIC MEDAL WINNER : GOES INTO THE " HALL OF BLACK GENIUS "

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Laura Flessel-Colovic

Laura Flessel-Colovic

Personal information
Born	6 November 1971 (age 43) Petit-Bourg, Guadeloupe
Sport
Sport	Fencing
Medal record[hide] Womens' fencing Competitor for  France Olympic Games[1][2] Gold Atlanta 1996 Individual épée Gold Atlanta 1996 Team épée Silver Athens 2004 Individual épée Bronze Sydney 2000 Individual épée Bronze Athens 2004 Team épée World Championships Gold Chaux-de-Fds. 1998 Individual épée Gold Chaux-de-Fds. 1998 Team épée Gold Seoul 1999 Individual épée Gold Leipzig 2005 Team épée Gold St.Petersburg 2007 Team épée Gold Beijing 2008 Team épée Silver The Hague 1995 Team épée Silver Nîmes 2001 Individual épée Silver Turin 2006 Team épée Bronze The Hague 1995 Individual épée Bronze Cape Town 1997 Team épée Bronze Leipzig 2005 Individuel épée Bronze Turin 2006 Individuel épée European Championships Gold Ghent 2007 Individual épée Bronze Ghent 2007 Team épée Bronze Plovdiv 2009 Individual épée Bronze Leipzig 2010 Individual épée Bronze Leipzig 2010 Team épée Bronze Sheffield 2011 Team épée Mediterranean Games Silver 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[edit]

She 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]