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[[Image:DSC00030.JPG|thumb|Mini-Flo]]

[[Image:DSC00030.JPG|thumb|Mini-Flo]]

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 Federer comparison ==

== The Federer comparison ==

[[Image:Flo_recognition_program.jpg|thumb|Who is who? Florent on the top, Roger in the middle.]]

[[Image:Flo_recognition_program.jpg|thumb|Who is who? Florent on the top, Roger in the middle?]]

Much to the amusement of a lot of people in his environment (and not in the least place to his own amusement), Florent’s appearance resembles that of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federer Roger Federer] (the greatest [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tennis tennis] player in history, a global sports icon) like two drops of water. With both Roger and Florent being dominant forces in their respective competitions and Florent being an avid [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tennis tennis] player himself, his peers soon nicknamed him “the Roger Federer of SMK”. The comparison doesn’t stop with their appearance, love for tennis and dominance in their game though. Like Roger, Florent is a graceful champion loved by supporters and rivals alike and a great ambassador of his sport. For example he hosted the [http://www.championnat-smk.org/ CDF]of 2006 in his appartment as a last resort to save the event from cancellation and creates a variety of [[SMK]] related promotion videos, such as fast lap compilations, [http://www.championnat-smk.org/ CDF] trailers, year summaries and more (you can watch some of his videos [http://www.youtube.com/user/Neo351 here]).

Much to the amusement of a lot of people in his environment (and not in the least place to his own amusement), Florent’s appearance resembles that of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federer Roger Federer] (the greatest [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tennis tennis] player in history, a global sports icon) like two drops of water. With both Roger and Florent being dominant forces in their respective competitions and Florent being an avid [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tennis tennis] player himself, his peers soon nicknamed him “the Roger Federer of SMK”. The comparison doesn’t stop with their appearance, love for tennis and dominance in their game though. Like Roger, Florent is a graceful champion loved by supporters and rivals alike and a great ambassador of his sport. For example he hosted the [http://www.championnat-smk.org/ CDF]of 2006 in his appartment as a last resort to save the event from cancellation and creates a variety of [[SMK]] related promotion videos, such as fast lap compilations, [http://www.championnat-smk.org/ CDF] trailers, year summaries and more (you can watch some of his videos [http://www.youtube.com/user/Neo351 here]).