Levavasseur took up
association football and
fencing at
FC Sochaux. He took the certification of fencing master at the Inter-Army School of Physical Training and Sports (in ) in
Joinville-le-Pont, then came back to Belfort to assist his first master. He managed his own club in
Besançon for a few years before being named head coach to the junior French team from 1981 to 1982, then assistant coach to the senior women's épée and foil teams from 1982 to 1984. After the
1992 Summer Olympics Levavasseur became head coach at the Racing Club de France, where he coached amongst others
Laura Flessel-Colovic,
Sherraine Schalm,
Nathalie Moellhausen and
Sophie Lamon. He also runs Team Levavasseur, created in 2008, and “Escrime Sans Frontières” (Fencing Without Borders), an association dedicated in training fencers from all countries in the world, especially new fencing countries. His training programme included the USA's
Maya Lawrence. Since May 2011 he was hired as a consultant to coach the Chinese national épée team, helping
Li Na to the
2011 World title and China to the
2012 Olympic title, his ninth Olympic gold medal. He is also
Sun Yujie's personal coach. Levavasseur is a proponent of the
French grip, to which he switched Flessel. ==References==