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.
Romania first participated at the Olympic Games in 1900, with a single participant. The National Olympic Committee for Romania is the Romanian Olympic and Sports Committee, and was created and recognized in 1914. The nation first sent a team to compete at the Games in 1924, and has only missed two editions each of the Summer Olympic Games and Winter Olympic Games since then. Notably, Romania was the lone Eastern Bloc nation to participate at the 1984 Summer Olympics, which the other nations boycotted. That was also Romania's most successful Olympic Games: they won 20 gold medals and 53 medals total.
Laura Kay Berg is an American college softball head coach of the Oregon State Beavers and former collegiate four-time All-American, left-handed softball player at the position of center fielder originally from Santa Fe Springs, California. She played for the Fresno State Bulldogs from 1994–1998 where she was a Women's College World Series National Champion in 1998. She is one of only four women to have won four Olympic medals in softball, having won a medal at every Olympics the sport was contested. She owns batting records at Fresno State and is second all-time in NCAA Division I career hits and at-bats. She is also a USA Softball Hall of Fame honoree.
Laura Nicholls is a Canadian former competition swimmer who won ten international medals in freestyle events, including the Pan Pacific Swimming Championships, Commonwealth Games and Pan American Games. Nicholls represented Canada at two consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1996 in Atlanta, Georgia. There she finished in 29th position in the 50-metre freestyle. Four years later in Sydney, Australia, she reached the final with the Canadian relay teams, finishing seventh in the 4x100-metre freestyle, and sixth in the 4x100-metre medley. Laura Nicholls is currently a coach with the Guelph Marlins Aquatic Club in Guelph.
Laura Anne Walker is an American former competition swimmer and Olympic medalist.
The United States women's national water polo team represents the United States in international women's water polo competitions and friendly matches. It is one of the leading teams in the world since the late 1990s.
Stefano Cerioni is an Italian foil fencer, Olympic team champion in 1984, Olympic champion in 1988 and World team champion in 1985 and 1994. He became a fencing master, then a director of foil first for Italy, then for Russia.
Paola Milagros Espinosa Sánchez is a Mexican diver and represented Mexico at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, where she was her national team's flagbearer, and the 2012 Summer Olympics in London.
Lucia Toader was a Romanian rower. She won an Olympic silver medal in the women's eight in 1984 and world titles in the coxed four boat class in 1986 and in the eight in 1987. She competed at the 1986 World Rowing Championships under her married name.
Laura Chiesa is an Italian fencer. She won a silver medal in the women's team épée event at the 1996 Summer Olympics.
Laura Roca is a Spanish former swimmer who competed in the 2000 Summer Olympics and in the 2004 Summer Olympics.
Natalia Más is a Spanish former swimmer who competed in the 1980 Summer Olympics. She competed in the Women's 100 metre freestyle, 200 metre freestyle, 400 metre freestyle, and 4x100 metre freestyle relay. Natalia and her teammate Laura Flaque were the youngest swimmers from Spain to compete at the 1980 Summer Olympics, at 16 years of age.
Laura Unsworth, is an English international field hockey player who plays as a midfielder or defender for England and Great Britain.
Laura Smulders is a Dutch racing cyclist who represents the Netherlands in BMX. She competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics in the women's BMX event where she won the bronze medal.
Maria Laura Almirão is a Brazilian sprinter, who specialized in the 400 metres. She is a two-time Olympian and a five-time medalist for the 400 metres and sprint relay at the Ibero-American Championships.
Laura De Snoo is an American discus thrower. She was born in Fremont, California. She competed at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, where she placed tenth in women's discus throw.
Laura Oprea is a Romanian rower. She competed in the women's eight event at the 2016 Summer Olympics.
Laura Nappi is an Italian sprinter. She competed in the women's 100 metres at the 1972 Summer Olympics.
Laura Rivera is a Mexican gymnast. She competed at the 1968 Summer Olympics and the 1972 Summer Olympics.
