Roland Raforme

Roland Raforme
Raforme in 2024
Personal information
NationalitySeychellois
Born (1966-11-03) 3 November 1966 (age 57)
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 place 1998 Kuala Lumpur Heavyweight
All-Africa Games
Bronze medal – third place 1991 Cairo Light-heavyweight
Bronze medal – third place 1995 Harare Light-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]

Raforme was the flag bearer for Seychelles in the 1992 Summer Olympics opening ceremony.[5]

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  4. ^ "15.Commonwealth Games - Victoria, Canada - August 18-28 1994". amateur-boxing.strefa.pl. Retrieved 2016-03-04.
  5. ^ "Flagbearers for Seychelles". olympedia.org. Retrieved 6 January 2024.