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Jul 30, 2020 · Henriquez is considered to be the first black athlete, the first Afro-Caribbean and the first Haitian Olympic champion. It was in rugby, representing France at the Paris Olympics in 1900, that he made history. A complete athlete. Henriquez's precise date of birth is unknown.
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 ...
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Oct 26, 2020 · Who was Constantin Henriquez? Born in Haiti, Constantin Henriquez arrived in France in 1893 to study medicine. A keen sportsman, he played rugby as a number 8, wing and centre for both Olympique de Paris and Stade Francais, winning the French Championship in 1897, 1898 and 1901.
Nov 3, 2023 · Rugby player Constantin Henriquez de Zubiera was born in Haiti to Alfred and Louise Elijah Henriquez in 1930. Henriquez became the first Black man to participate and win a gold medal, back at the 1900 Olympic Games when the French team won the tournament that year.
@Tunedofficiel, Constantin Henriquez, born on January 25, 1893, in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. In 1900, Henriquez became the first black athlete to compete in the Olympic Games, held in...
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Constantin competed for Olympique from 1894-95, then was with Stade Français in 1898-99 and 1900-01, but was with RCF in 1900. He was also a decent athlete, finishing second in the 1900 French Scholastic Championships in the pole vault with a leap of 2.60 metres.
An inspiring true story that introduce the First black republic Nation to the world of Sports and uponed doors for all other black athletes!#black #blackathl...
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