# Constantin Henriquez

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Rugby player

Rugby player

Constantin Henriquez Born Port-au-Prince, Haiti Rugby union career Position(s) No. 8, Wing, Centre Senior career Years Team Apps (Points) Olympique – Stade Français Medal record Men's rugby union Representing France Olympic Games 1900 Paris Team competition

**Constantin Henriquez** was a [Haitian](/source/Haiti)-born [French](/source/French_people) [rugby union](/source/Rugby_union) footballer. He played as number eight, wing and centre.[1]

Henriquez was the first known black athlete to compete in the Olympic Games,[2] and the first to become an [Olympic gold medallist](/source/Gold_medal#Olympic_Games), as he was a member of the French squad that won the Olympic title at the first [Rugby Olympic Tournament](/source/Rugby_union_at_the_1900_Summer_Olympics).

He played at [Olympique de Paris](/source/Olympique_de_Paris) and [Stade Français](/source/Stade_Fran%C3%A7ais). He won as a Stade Français player the titles of French Champion, in 1897, 1898 and 1901.[*[citation needed](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed)*]

He introduced [football](/source/Association_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.[3]

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** ["Constantin Henriquez"](https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/17892). *Olympedia*. Retrieved 28 December 2020.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** David Kenneth Wiggins (ed.), *African Americans in sports, Volume 1*, Page 264 (Sharpe Reference:2004), [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [0-7656-8055-6](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-7656-8055-6), [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [978-0-7656-8055-6](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-7656-8055-6)

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** [Haiti et Les Jeux Olympiques - Constantin Henriquez de Zubiera](https://web.archive.org/web/20121208052653/http://www.haiti-culture.com/sport.html) [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20121208052653/http://www.haiti-culture.com/sport.html) 2012-12-08 at the [Wayback Machine](/source/Wayback_Machine)

## External links

- [Constantin Henriquez](https://web.archive.org/web/2024/http://www.espnscrum.com/timeline/rugby/player/1440.html) at ESPNscrum (archived)

- [Constantin Henriquez](https://www.olympics.com/en/athletes/albert-henriquez) at [Olympics.com](/source/International_Olympic_Committee)

- [Constantin Henriquez](https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/17892) at [Olympedia](/source/Olympedia)

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