Nationality Seychellois Name Roland Raforme Sport Boxing | Weight 81 kg (179 lb) Height 1.92 m (6 ft 3 ⁄2 in) | |
Born 3 November 1966 (age 57) ( 1966-11-03 ) Rated at Light heavyweight
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. 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. 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. Previously, he represented Seychelles at the 1994 Commonwealth Games.
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