Constantin Henriquez
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Representing  France
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1900 Paris | Team competition |
Constantin Henriquez was a Haitian-born French rugby union footballer. He played as number eight, wing and centre.
Henriquez was the first known coloured athlete to compete in the Olympic Games,[1] and by extension, the first to become an Olympic gold medallist, as he was a member of the French squad that won the Olympic title at the first Rugby Olympic Tournament.
He played at Olympique de Paris and Stade Français. He won as a Stade Français player the titles of French Champion, in 1897, 1898 and 1901.
He introduced football in his country of Haiti in 1904, and scored the first goal in Haiti during a competition. He co-founded with his brother Alphonse the Union Sportive Haïtienne. By 1950 he was a Senator.[2]
References
- ^ David Kenneth Wiggins (ed.), African Americans in sports, Volume 1, Page 264 (Sharpe Reference:2004), ISBN 0-7656-8055-6, ISBN 978-0-7656-8055-6
- ^ Haiti et Les Jeux Olympiques - Constantin Henriquez de Zubiera Archived 2012-12-08 at the Wayback Machine
External links
- Constantin Henriquez at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)
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- Olympic rugby union players of France
- French rugby union players
- Haitian rugby union players
- Haitian emigrants to France
- Olympic gold medalists for France
- Rugby union players at the 1900 Summer Olympics
- Members of the Senate (Haiti)
- Black French sportspeople
- French Olympic medalist stubs
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