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== Introduction ==
== Introduction ==
'''Sami Cetin''' was born in London, UK in October 1982 to Finnish and Turkish parents, and is the Founder and Director of the [http://www.mariokartplayers.com/smk/ Super Mario Kart (SMK) Time Trial World Records Site for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System SNES]. He was the chief times and news updater of the SMK community since November 1998, and continues this job on the 2006 automated reincarnation of the site as a Global Director. His dedication and long-service to [[Super Mario Kart]] have earned him the title 'Godfather of SMK'. Sami is a two time PAL Time Trial World Champion of Super Mario Kart (also holding the title of the longest reigning PAL Time Trial World Champion by cumulative number of days) and is currently 2nd in the World following his rival Guillaume Leviach of France. Sami first held the Time Trial title from September 1998 to April 2004 (at one point holding all 40 WRs) and has also maintained the title as the UK National Champion on SMK for all of the modes from 1998 to present. He is most famous for his achievements on Mario Circuit 1 (the first race track in the entire Mario Kart franchise), by being the first to reach a Non-NBT 1'00"99 in August 2000. This led to an eventual Guinness World Records entry in 2012 with a 58.34 seconds World Record time. On Christmas Day 2013 he became the first person on Earth to break the PAL 58 second barrier with a 57.90 seconds World Record. Sami won the overall Multiplayer Title for the first time at the Super Mario Kart World Championships 2012 held in Thil, near Reims, France during 21st - 26th August 2012. He was also the overall PAL and NTSC Super Mario Kart Online Multiplayer World Champion from 2011 - 2014 on the [http://www.snesot.com/ SNESOT Rankings] based on a combined overall points system (not individual years). Sami is a senior moderator of the SMK forum and a popular member of the [[mariokart64.com|kart community]].
'''Sami Cetin''' was born in London, UK in October 1982 to Finnish and Turkish parents, and is the Founder and Director of the [http://www.mariokartplayers.com/smk/ Super Mario Kart (SMK) Time Trial World Records Site for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System SNES]. He was the chief times and news updater of the SMK community since November 1998, and continues this job on the 2006 automated reincarnation of the site as a Global Director. His dedication and long-service to [[Super Mario Kart]] have earned him the title 'Godfather of SMK'. Sami is a two time PAL Time Trial World Champion of Super Mario Kart (also holding the title of the longest reigning PAL Time Trial World Champion by cumulative number of days) and is currently 2nd in the World following his rival Guillaume Leviach of France. Sami first held the Time Trial title from September 1998 to April 2004 (at one point holding all 40 WRs) and has also maintained the title as the UK National Champion on SMK for all of the modes from 1998 to present. He is most famous for his achievements on Mario Circuit 1 (the first race track in the entire Mario Kart franchise), by being the first to reach a Non-NBT 1'00"99 in August 2000. This led to an eventual Guinness World Records entry in 2012 with a 58.34 seconds World Record time. On Christmas Day 2013 he became the first person on Earth to break the PAL 58 second barrier with a 57.90 seconds World Record and broke a similar barrier in November 2014 by going sub 56 seconds on NTSC with 55.97 seconds. Sami won the overall Multiplayer Title one time at the Super Mario Kart World Championships 2012 held in Thil, near Reims, France during 21st - 26th August 2012. He was also the overall PAL and NTSC Super Mario Kart Online Multiplayer World Champion from 2011 - 2014 on the [http://www.snesot.com/ SNESOT Rankings] based on a combined overall points system (not individual years). Sami is a senior moderator of the SMK forum and a popular member of the [[mariokart64.com|kart community]].
Sami has a BSc in Computing and Business Administration at the University of Kent between 2002-2005 and has been working full time since. His hobbies include recreational weight training/bodybuilding in the gym, video games and movies, designing and updating the SMK site, growing Sunflowers in the garden, travelling and socialising with friends.
Sami has a BSc in Computing and Business Administration at the University of Kent between 2002-2005 and has been working full time since. His hobbies include recreational weight training/bodybuilding in the gym, video games and movies, designing and updating the SMK site, growing Sunflowers in the garden, travelling and socialising with friends.
== Super Mario Kart World Championship 2015 ==
== Super Mario Kart World Championship 2015 ==
Sami is due to attend the Super Mario Kart World Championship 2015 took place between 18th to 23rd August 2015 again at La Suze-sur-Sarthe in France along with five other members of Team UK.
Sami attended the Super Mario Kart World Championship 2015 which took place between 18th to 23rd August 2015 again at La Suze-sur-Sarthe in France along with five other members of Team UK. This year he had limited time to train and the competition was also very tough, so he was unable to maintain his streak of 2nd place for several years, including his one World title in 2012. Following the overall result however Sami placed in 5th out of 56 competitors. Time Trial and Battle Mode went well, but some disasters occurred in the racing modes which caused the drop in his rank.
Time Trial was a struggle but his performance went very well and was the only mode where he kept up the pace from previous years by having the lead on a number of the preliminary rounds. He managed to reach the Final after a close round vs his competitors then fell short to the longboosting skills of Florent Lecoanet. Sami earned a Silver medal, which was also his only medal this year.
Match Race group stage started off exceptionally well in comparison to the previous year, with mostly good results, resulting in Sami taking the top seed here. However, things were about to go wrong. After passing the Top 16 round, he faced the 8th seed, France's Jeremie "Jey" Clement who has been massively improving on all modes, in particular on racing tactics. Sami has a very poor performance in the quarter final and Jeremie nailed all the right moves, defeating Sami in a 7-4 upset, thus ending his path to the Final which could have been made.
Battle Mode being Sami's toughest day was going to prove difficult as usual, but he pushed hard in the group stage, reaching a good 4th place position, and unfortunately landed up vs France's Geoffrey Label in the Quarter Final. Whilst this ended his position in the Quarter Finals, Sami performed better here comparing to other years, losing to Geoffrey 7-5. The rest of the members enjoyed watching USA's Drew Blumfield go on to win the Final afterwards.
150cc Grand Prix Sami had not trained at all, though his former consistency earned him many Finals vs Florent. However this year many rivals such as Julien Holmiere, Jeremie Clement, Geoffrey Label and Guillaume Leviach had come better prepared and Sami had a lower 6th place seed following some poor performances in group stage results this year. This placed him in a tough position in the Quarter Finals vs Julien Holmiere. The Quarter Final went really well to start with, Sami taking a 2 cup lead and looking like he would succeed. However it all went wrong afterwards as Sami lost 3 cups in a row, making his 3rd Quarter Final exit, and end of his Super Mario Kart World Championship 2015.
== Retirement from SNESOT Online Super Mario Kart Competition ==
In December 2015, Sami announced his retirement from SNESOT online Super Mario Kart competition for the foreseeable future due to personal commitments. He has an interest to possibly return in future but he is not certain. He will still be competing once in a while at Time Trials and the official World Champions if he is able to attend them yearly.
== Personal Life ==
== Personal Life ==
Sami likes to keep himself healthy and has never smoked in his life nor does he drink any alcohol. He has suffered from moderate asthma since childhood but keeping active with a training programme at the gym has helped to ease this a lot. In his spare time he enjoys spending time with friends and family, travelling to new countries, movies, civil-aviation, reading, and growing Sunflowers in the garden.
Sami likes to keep himself healthy and has never smoked in his life nor does he drink any alcohol. He has suffered from moderate asthma since childhood but keeping active with a training programme at the gym has helped to ease this a lot. In his spare time he enjoys video games, movies, cooking, travelling to new countries, doing creative things, civil-aviation, reading, and growing Sunflowers in the garden.
