Constantin Henriquez Explained

Birth Place:Port-au-Prince, Haiti
Ru Position:No. 8, Wing, Centre
Ru Proclubs:Olympique
Stade Français
Ru Nationalyears:1900

Constantin Henriquez was a Haitian-born French 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, 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.[3]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Constantin Henriquez . Olympedia . 28 December 2020.
  2. David Kenneth Wiggins (ed.), African Americans in sports, Volume 1, Page 264 (Sharpe Reference:2004),,
  3. https://web.archive.org/web/20121208052653/http://www.haiti-culture.com/sport.html Haiti et Les Jeux Olympiques - Constantin Henriquez de Zubiera