Roland Raforme

Roland Bernard Raforme (born 5 April 1966) is a Seychellois former boxer and double Olympian.

Roland Raforme
Personal information
NationalitySeychellois
Born (1966-11-03) 3 November 1966
Height1.92 m (6 ft 3+1⁄2 in)
Weight81 kg (179 lb)
Sport
SportBoxing
Weight classLight heavyweight
Heavyweight
Medal record
Commonwealth Games
Silver medal – second place1998 Kuala LumpurHeavyweight
All-Africa Games
Bronze medal – third place1991 CairoLight-heavyweight
Bronze medal – third place1995 HarareLight-heavyweight

Representing Seychelles in the men's light heavyweight category at the 1992 Summer Olympics, Raforme reached the quarter-finals where he was beaten by the Hungarian boxer Zoltán Béres on points.[1] Returning four years later to compete in the same event at the Atlanta Games, he was stopped in the first round by Troy Amos-Ross.[2] Raforme was more successful in the 1998 Commonwealth Games where he won a silver medal in the men's heavyweight category after losing in the final to Mark Simmons from Canada.[3] Previously, he represented Seychelles at the 1994 Commonwealth Games.[4]

References
  1. Grasso, John; Mallon, Bill; Heijmans, Jeroen (2015). Historical Dictionary of the Olympic Movement. Rowman & Littlefield. p. 525. ISBN 978-1-4422-4859-5.
  2. "Roland Raforme Olympic Results". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 20 June 2015.
  3. Kabukuru, Wanjohi (24 July 2014). "Team Seychelles" begin hunt for medals at the XX Commonwealth Games in Glasgow". Seychelles News Agency. Retrieved 19 June 2015.
  4. "15.Commonwealth Games - Victoria, Canada - August 18-28 1994". amateur-boxing.strefa.pl. Retrieved 2016-03-04.


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