Roland Raforme

Roland Raforme

Personal information
Nationality	Seychellois
Born	3 November 1966
Height	1.92 m (6 ft 3 ^1⁄2 in)
Weight	81 kg (179 lb)
Sport
Sport	Boxing
Rated at	Light heavyweight Heavyweight
Medal record Commonwealth Games 1998 Kuala Lumpur Heavyweight

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

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. 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.