Constantin Henriquez

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'''Constantin Henriquez''' was a [[Haiti]]an-born [[French people|French]] [[rugby union]] footballer. He played as number eight, wing and centre.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/17892 |title=Constantin Henriquez |work=Olympedia |accessdate=28 December 2020}}</ref>

Henriquez was the first known black athlete to compete in the Olympic Games,<ref>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}}</ref> and the first to become an [[Gold medal#Olympic Games|Olympic gold medal]]list, as he was a member of the French squad that won the Olympic title at the first [[Rugby union at the 1900 Summer Olympics|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.{{citation needed|date=September 2023}}

He introduced [[association football|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.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20121208052653/http://www.haiti-culture.com/sport.html Haiti et Les Jeux Olympiques - Constantin Henriquez de Zubiera] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121208052653/http://www.haiti-culture.com/sport.html |date=2012-12-08 }}</ref>

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