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== Introduction ==

== Introduction ==

'''Leyla Hasso''' is a female Super Mario Kart ([[SMK]]) player from London, UK and is the niece. She has been active on and off in SMK and briefly played [[MKDS]] until receiving a Wii for her 9th Birthday in 2008. Leyla has been one of the youngest active karters on any of the kart sites and also achieved many Women's World Records on PAL Time Trial for [[SMK]]. Leyla is currently ranked the #1 Female Karter in the UK and the 2nd fastest PAL version female SMK player in the World. She is perhaps most famous for defeating top [[MKDD]] player [[Vincent van der Fluit]] in a SMK Grand Prix 150cc Mushroom Cup tournament for karters around their skill level in 2007. Videos of those races are available on youtube and have also been created into a DVD.

'''Leyla Hasso''' is a female Super Mario Kart ([[SMK]]) player from London, UK and is the niece of [[Sami Cetin]]. She has been active on and off in SMK and briefly played [[MKDS]] until receiving a Wii for her 9th Birthday in 2008. Leyla has been one of the youngest active karters on any of the kart sites and also achieved many Women's World Records on PAL Time Trial for [[SMK]]. Leyla is currently ranked the fastest female Super Mario Kart Player in the World for the PAL version. She is perhaps most famous for defeating top [[MKDD]] player [[Vincent van der Fluit]] in a SMK Grand Prix 150cc Mushroom Cup tournament for karters around their skill level in 2007. Videos of those races are available on youtube and have also been created into a DVD.

== Super Mario Kart Foundation Match Race Mini Tournament October 2009 ==

== Super Mario Kart Foundation Match Race Mini Tournament October 2009 ==

Despite a long retirement and almost no practice, Leyla made a small comeback to SMK to attend a small Tournament with UK and European karters on a Foundation level on Match Race. Two leagues were constructed and Leyla had to face off on a few races vs each player in her group. This included her first French rival Claire Leviach, the wife of Guillaume, one of the fastest Super Mario Kart players in the World. Leyla made quick work of the match and later defeated all in her group except for one 1-1 tie. She was however able to net the top seed in the group for the bracket stage.

Despite a long retirement and almost no practice, Leyla made a small comeback to SMK to attend a small Tournament with UK and European karters on a Foundation level on Match Race. Two leagues were constructed and Leyla had to face off on a few races vs each player in her group. This included her first French rival Claire Leviach, the wife of Guillaume (one of the fastest Super Mario Kart players in the World). Leyla made quick work of the match and later defeated all in her group except for one 1-1 tie. She was however able to net the top seed in the group for the bracket stage.

== 2012 Time Trial Return ==

== 2012 Time Trial Return and Rise to the Women's World Title on PAL ==

Another comeback in 2012 led Leyla to improve more of her weaker records in Time Trial. Eventually she managed to reach her first Women's World Record on 7th January 2012 on [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FsWfXy3htYI Choco Island 1 lap with 0'12"78 ] <- Vid link.

Another comeback in 2012 led Leyla to improve more of her weaker records in Time Trial. Eventually she managed to reach her first Women's World Record on 7th January 2012 on [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FsWfXy3htYI Choco Island 1 lap with 0'12"78 ] <- Vid link.

Following this she continued to play between January to March working through all the weaker tracks and learning new strategies including platform jumps on Ghost Valley 1 and 3, and pushing some fast times on tougher tracks. She has hit many Women's World Records. On 11th March 2012 Leyla Hasso has passed Sue Cladingboel to become the UK's Fastest Female Super Mario Kart player and ranked 2nd in the World on PAL.

Following this she continued to play between January to March working through all the weaker tracks and learning new strategies including platform jumps on Ghost Valley 1 and 3, and pushing some fast times on tougher tracks. She has hit many Women's World Records. On 11th March 2012 Leyla Hasso has passed Sue Cladingboel to become the UK's Fastest Female Super Mario Kart player and ranked 2nd in the World on PAL. One week later Leyla drove some more great times and passed Tanja Bronnecke (Germany) to become the fastest Female Super Mario Kart Player in the World for PAL version.