Loading AI tools
Rugby player From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Constantin Henriquez was a Haitian-born French rugby union footballer. He played as number eight, wing and centre.[1]
| |||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Port-au-Prince, Haiti | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rugby union career | |||||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||||
Medal record
| |||||||||||||||||
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.[citation needed]
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]
Seamless Wikipedia browsing. On steroids.
Every time you click a link to Wikipedia, Wiktionary or Wikiquote in your browser's search results, it will show the modern Wikiwand interface.
Wikiwand extension is a five stars, simple, with minimum permission required to keep your browsing private, safe and transparent.
