"Highlights of my sports career include being a 1996 Olympic sailor in the Laser class of one-man sailboat racing…"

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Guillaume Florent

Born in Dunkerque, France, 1973
MSci physics and Materials Science Engineering

INSA (National des Sciences Appliquees)
Lyon, France, 1997

Field of work

Telecom R&D and Web technology

Areas of interest outside work

Sailing, sailboat design, golfing and cycling

My work experience at Schlumberger involves over one year of service in both Telecom R&D and Web technology in Sophia Antipolis, France. My other work experience includes two and a half years of employment with Anderson.

I first became interested and involved in sailing at the early age of one when my parents, also avid sailors, started me out. Later, at the age of five, I began sailing a small dinghy for kids called an Optimist. My earliest sailboat racing began when I was eleven.

Highlights of my sports career include being a 1996 Olympic sailor in the Laser class of one-man sailboat racing. During that race, I finished 15th out of 56. Also to my credit is the best world ranking in the Laser class (5th in 1995) and 4-times national Laser class champion in 1991,1993,1997 and 2001. Additionally, in 1996 I was a tactician while becoming a student big boat sailing world champion in Marseille, France.

Besides sailing and racing, my other hobbies and interests are sailboat design, golfing and cycling.