Roland_Raforme

Roland Raforme

Roland Raforme

Seychellois boxer (born 1966)

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

Quick Facts Personal information, Nationality ...

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]

References

  1. [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. [2]
    "Roland Raforme Olympic Results". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 20 June 2015.
  3. [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. [4]
    "15.Commonwealth Games - Victoria, Canada - August 18-28 1994". amateur-boxing.strefa.pl. Retrieved 2016-03-04.
  5. [5]
    "Flagbearers for Seychelles". olympedia.org. Retrieved 6 January 2024.
More information Olympic Games ...


Flag of SeychellesBiography icon

This biographical article related to a Seychellois boxer is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.
Share this article:

This article uses material from the Wikipedia article Roland_Raforme, and is written by contributors. Text is available under a CC BY-SA 4.0 International License; additional terms may apply. Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.