Her predecessor, Karen Espelund, was appointed but not elected in 2012.
Between 2008 and 2013, Florence Hardouin was a Marketing Director at the French Football Federation (FFF).She started her career as a fencing athlete.
Between 1989 and 1996, she was a member of the French fencing team.
She was champion of single World Tournaments (Warsaw 89, Budapest 91 and Cuba 95) and vice world champion in 1991 (Budapest).