Laurent Munier (born 30 September 1966 in Lyon) is a French former handball player and since 2002 the sporting director at who competed in the 1992 Summer Olympics.

In 1985 he joined second tier team HBC Villefranche, where he managed to get promoted in 1986 to the top french league.

When OM Vitrolles in 1996 had financial issues and were administratively relegated, he joined Istres Provence Handball.

[3] After a season at Istres, he was without a club for half a year before joining the German Bundesliga side VfL Gummersbach in December 1997.

In 1994 he was temporarily excluded from the French national team by head coach Daniel Costantini for "unacceptable behaviour towards the referees".