− | '''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 excelled in various multiplayer [[SMK]] events; he won 1 French title ([http://www.championnat-smk.org/CDF2007.php CDF 2007]), 1 European title ([http://www.championnat-smk.org/CDF2008.php CDE 2008]) and 3 World titles ([http://nextlevelgaming.ogamewar.com/ NLG 2007], [http://www.championnat-smk.org/CDF2009.php. CDM 2009]) and [http://www.championnat-smk.org/CDF2010.php. CDM 2010]). | + | '''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 excelled in various multiplayer [[SMK]] events; he won 1 French title ([http://www.championnat-smk.org/CDF2007.php CDF 2007]), 1 European title ([http://www.championnat-smk.org/CDF2008.php CDE 2008]) and 4 World titles ([http://nextlevelgaming.ogamewar.com/ NLG 2007], [http://www.championnat-smk.org/CDF2009.php. CDM 2009]), [http://www.championnat-smk.org/CDF2010.php. CDM 2010])and [http://www.championnat-smk.org/CDF2011.php. CDM 2011]. |
| Furthermore, Florent has been GP 150cc Champion of the World on [[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 been GP 150cc Champion of the World on [[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. |
| Florent is perhaps most famous for his high level performances during the annually organized [http://www.championnat-smk.org/ CDF]/CDE/CDM. The [http://www.championnat-smk.org/ CDF] was founded in 2002 by Franck Mazieres; in the beginning it mainly featured [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_people French] competitors and a few [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swiss_people Swiss] ones. This changed in 2008, which showed an influx of competitors from outside of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/France France]; the [http://www.championnat-smk.org/ CDF] would therefore be known as CDE from that year onwards; CDE being an abbreviation of Championnat d’Europe, meaning Championship of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Europe Europe] in English. In 2009 the final evolution of the event took place and CDE became CDM, being an abbreviation of Championnat du Monde, meaning [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World World] Championship in English. | | Florent is perhaps most famous for his high level performances during the annually organized [http://www.championnat-smk.org/ CDF]/CDE/CDM. The [http://www.championnat-smk.org/ CDF] was founded in 2002 by Franck Mazieres; in the beginning it mainly featured [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_people French] competitors and a few [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swiss_people Swiss] ones. This changed in 2008, which showed an influx of competitors from outside of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/France France]; the [http://www.championnat-smk.org/ CDF] would therefore be known as CDE from that year onwards; CDE being an abbreviation of Championnat d’Europe, meaning Championship of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Europe Europe] in English. In 2009 the final evolution of the event took place and CDE became CDM, being an abbreviation of Championnat du Monde, meaning [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World World] Championship in English. |
− | In various [http://www.championnat-smk.org/ CDF]/CDE/CDM events since 2005 Florent has gathered 5 gold medals in GP ([http://www.championnat-smk.org/GP2006.php 2006], [http://www.championnat-smk.org/GP2007.php 2007], [http://www.championnat-smk.org/GP2008.php 2008], [http://www.championnat-smk.org/GP2009.php 2009]), [http://www.championnat-smk.org/GP2010.php 2010]), 3 gold medals in Match Race ([http://www.championnat-smk.org/MR2006.php 2006], [http://www.championnat-smk.org/MR2007.php 2007], [http://www.championnat-smk.org/MR2008.php 2008]), 1 gold medal in Battle Mode ([http://www.championnat-smk.org/BM2007.php 2007]), 2 gold medals in Time Trial ([http://www.championnat-smk.org/TT2008.php 2008]), ([http://www.championnat-smk.org/TT2010.php 2010]) and one Master Cup* ([http://www.championnat-smk.org/MC2008.php 2008]). Furthermore he has won 2 silver medals in Match Race ([http://www.championnat-smk.org/MR2009.php 2009]), ([http://www.championnat-smk.org/MR2010.php 2010]), 2 bronze medals in Battle Mode ([http://www.championnat-smk.org/BM2009.php 2009]), ([http://www.championnat-smk.org/BM2010.php 2010]) and 2 silver medals and 1 bronze medal in Time Trial ([http://www.championnat-smk.org/TT2007.php 2007], [http://www.championnat-smk.org/TT2009.php 2009] and [http://www.championnat-smk.org/TT2006.php 2006] respectively). | + | In various [http://www.championnat-smk.org/ CDF]/CDE/CDM events since 2005 Florent has gathered 6 gold medals in GP ([http://www.championnat-smk.org/GP2006.php 2006], [http://www.championnat-smk.org/GP2007.php 2007], [http://www.championnat-smk.org/GP2008.php 2008], [http://www.championnat-smk.org/GP2009.php 2009]), [http://www.championnat-smk.org/GP2010.php 2010]), [http://www.championnat-smk.org/GP2011.php 2011]), 3 gold medals in Match Race ([http://www.championnat-smk.org/MR2006.php 2006], [http://www.championnat-smk.org/MR2007.php 2007], [http://www.championnat-smk.org/MR2008.php 2008]), 1 gold medal in Battle Mode ([http://www.championnat-smk.org/BM2007.php 2007]), 3 gold medals in Time Trial ([http://www.championnat-smk.org/TT2008.php 2008]), ([http://www.championnat-smk.org/TT2010.php 2010]), ([http://www.championnat-smk.org/TT2011.php 2011]) and one Master Cup* ([http://www.championnat-smk.org/MC2008.php 2008]). Furthermore he has won 2 silver medals and 1 bronze medal in Match Race ([http://www.championnat-smk.org/MR2009.php 2009]), ([http://www.championnat-smk.org/MR2010.php 2010]), ([http://www.championnat-smk.org/MR2011.php 2011]) respectively, 1 silver medal and 2 bronze medals in Battle Mode ([http://www.championnat-smk.org/BM2011.php 2011]), ([http://www.championnat-smk.org/BM2009.php 2009]), ([http://www.championnat-smk.org/BM2010.php 2010]) and 2 silver medals and 1 bronze medal in Time Trial ([http://www.championnat-smk.org/TT2007.php 2007], [http://www.championnat-smk.org/TT2009.php 2009] and [http://www.championnat-smk.org/TT2006.php 2006] respectively). |
| *The Master Cup was introduced as a new element at the SMK Championships of 2008 as an experiment and was scheduled after the overall competition was finished. The goal was to see if a more randomly organized tournament system could work for future tournaments, clear favourites were not seeded for example, but it was not an undisputed success and will not return in future tournaments. | | *The Master Cup was introduced as a new element at the SMK Championships of 2008 as an experiment and was scheduled after the overall competition was finished. The goal was to see if a more randomly organized tournament system could work for future tournaments, clear favourites were not seeded for example, but it was not an undisputed success and will not return in future tournaments. |