Rodney Govinden (born 13 September 1984) is a

Seychellois This article is about the demographic features of the population of Seychelles, including population density, ethnicity, education level, health of the populace, economic status, religious affiliations and other aspects of the population. About ...

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. He competed at the

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in the men's Laser event, in which he placed 45th. He was the flag-bearer for Seychells at the

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. He has qualified to represent Seychelles at the

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in the men's Laser event.

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* * * 1984 births Living people Seychellois male sailors (sport) Olympic sailors for Seychelles Sailors at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Laser Sailors at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Laser African Games bronze medalists for Seychelles African Games medalists in sailing Competitors at the 2011 All-Africa Games {{Seychelles-yachtracing-bio-stub