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[[Image:florent.jpg|thumb|Florent Lecoanet, by many considered to be the greatest Super Mario Kart player in history.]]

[[Image:florent.jpg|thumb|Florent Lecoanet, by many considered to be the greatest Super Mario Kart player in history]]

'''Florent Lecoanet''' (7/2/1984) is a French [[Mario Kart]] player and by many considered to be the greatest [[Super Mario Kart]] player in history. Florent has been GP Champion in [[PAL]] since March 2006, only overtaken very briefly once by [[Sébastien Holmière]] in the summer of 2006. He extended his GP dominance to [[NTSC]] in January 2007 and has not really been threatened there since. Furthermore Florent has won 1 Championnat de France ([http://www.championnat-smk.org/CDF2007.php 2007]), (Abbreviated to [http://www.championnat-smk.org/ CDF], French Championship in English). In various [http://www.championnat-smk.org/ CDF] events since 2005 he gathered 2 gold medals in GP ([http://www.championnat-smk.org/GP2006.php 2006], [http://www.championnat-smk.org/GP2007.php 2007]), 2 gold medals in Match Race ([http://www.championnat-smk.org/MR2006.php 2006], [http://www.championnat-smk.org/MR2007.php 2007]), 1 gold medal in Battle Mode ([http://www.championnat-smk.org/BM2007.php 2007]), 1 silver medal and 1 bronze medal in [[Time Trial]] ([http://www.championnat-smk.org/TT2007.php 2007] and [http://www.championnat-smk.org/TT2006.php 2006] respectively). He also ranked second at the [http://www.championnat-smk.org/ CDF] of [http://www.championnat-smk.org/CDF2006.php 2006]. He won his first international event when he became [[Super Mario Kart]] world champion at the Next Level Gaming Championships ([http://nextlevelgaming.ogamewar.com/ NLG)] held in [http://www.en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norway Norway] in July 2007. He has also driven several WR’s in [[Time Trial]] (for both [[PAL]] and [[NTSC]]) and is currently ranked 4th in [[PAL]] and 10th in [[NTSC]]. He drove ([[PAL]]) WR’s in [[Non-NBT]] competition as well and in this field he is currently ranked 9th in [[PAL]] and 7th in [[NTSC]].   

'''Florent Lecoanet''' (7/2/1984) is a French [[Mario Kart]] player and by many considered to be the greatest [[Super Mario Kart]] player in history. Florent has been GP Champion in [[PAL]] since March 2006, only overtaken very briefly once by [[Sébastien Holmière]] in the summer of 2006. He extended his GP dominance to [[NTSC]] in January 2007 and has not really been threatened there since. Furthermore Florent has won 1 Championnat de France ([http://www.championnat-smk.org/CDF2007.php 2007]), (Abbreviated to [http://www.championnat-smk.org/ CDF], French Championship in English). In various [http://www.championnat-smk.org/ CDF] events since 2005 he gathered 2 gold medals in GP ([http://www.championnat-smk.org/GP2006.php 2006], [http://www.championnat-smk.org/GP2007.php 2007]), 2 gold medals in Match Race ([http://www.championnat-smk.org/MR2006.php 2006], [http://www.championnat-smk.org/MR2007.php 2007]), 1 gold medal in Battle Mode ([http://www.championnat-smk.org/BM2007.php 2007]), 1 silver medal and 1 bronze medal in [[Time Trial]] ([http://www.championnat-smk.org/TT2007.php 2007] and [http://www.championnat-smk.org/TT2006.php 2006] respectively). He also ranked second at the [http://www.championnat-smk.org/ CDF] of [http://www.championnat-smk.org/CDF2006.php 2006]. He won his first international event when he became [[Super Mario Kart]] world champion at the Next Level Gaming Championships ([http://nextlevelgaming.ogamewar.com/ NLG)] held in [http://www.en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norway Norway] in July 2007. He has also driven several WR’s in [[Time Trial]] (for both [[PAL]] and [[NTSC]]) and is currently ranked 4th in [[PAL]] and 10th in [[NTSC]]. He drove ([[PAL]]) WR’s in [[Non-NBT]] competition as well and in this field he is currently ranked 9th in [[PAL]] and 7th in [[NTSC]].   

== Early life ==

== Early life ==

Florent was born in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rennes Rennes], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/France France]. He grew up in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Montauban-de-Bretagne Montauban-de-Bretagne], a small town near [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rennes Rennes]. It’s there where he started playing [[SMK]] around 1994/1995, reaching respectable times of 1’02”00 and 12”30 on [[Mario Circuit 1]] ([[PAL]] [[Non-NBT]]) back then. The internet era had not taken off by then yet, so these achievements were reached without being aware of competition elsewhere and without watching any strategy videos. After these initial results he did not play [[SMK]] again until 2005.

Florent was born in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rennes Rennes], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/France France]. He grew up in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Montauban-de-Bretagne Montauban-de-Bretagne], a small town near [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rennes Rennes]. It’s there where he started playing [[SMK]] around 1994/1995, reaching respectable times of 1’02”00 and 12”30 on [[Mario Circuit 1]] ([[PAL]] [[Non-NBT]]) back then. The internet era had not taken off by then yet, so these achievements were reached without being aware of competition elsewhere and without watching any strategy videos. After these initial results he did not play [[SMK]] again until 2005.

 

== The MKDD connection ==

== The MKDD connection ==