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'''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]] 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]].   

 

Rankings]]'''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]] 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]].   

With his all-round [[SMK]] ability many people expect that he will keep on winning the [http://www.championnat-smk.org/ CDF] for years to come (with the influx of competitors from outside of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/France France] the [http://www.championnat-smk.org/ CDF] will be known as CDE from 2008 onwards; CDE being an abbreviation of Championnat d’Europe, meaning Championship of Europe in English). With him being the man to beat now, he is in a totally different position then the one he was used to be in. It will be interesting to see if he can withstand this added pressure of living up to these expectations and keep on controlling the [[SMK]] scene for years to come.

With his all-round [[SMK]] ability many people expect that he will keep on winning the [http://www.championnat-smk.org/ CDF] for years to come (with the influx of competitors from outside of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/France France] the [http://www.championnat-smk.org/ CDF] will be known as CDE from 2008 onwards; CDE being an abbreviation of Championnat d’Europe, meaning Championship of Europe in English). With him being the man to beat now, he is in a totally different position then the one he was used to be in. It will be interesting to see if he can withstand this added pressure of living up to these expectations and keep on controlling the [[SMK]] scene for years to come.