Constantin Henriquez
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| birthday | 19th century | |
| place of birth | , | |
| date of death | 20th century | |
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| society | Career ended | |
| position | Number 8 | |
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| Years | society | Games (points) |
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Constantin Henriquez (life dates unknown) was a Haitian rugby player who was number 8 and was Olympic champion with the Union des sociétés françaises de sports athlétiques (USFSA) at the 1900 Summer Olympics. He is not identical to Francisco Henríquez de Zubiría (1869-1933), who was of Colombian origin and won Olympic silver in the tug of war in 1900.
life and career
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Henriquez came from Haiti and was of Sephardic origin. He studied medicine in the French capital Paris . In 1895 Henriquez became French runners-up in rugby with Olympique de Paris and in 1899 with Stade Français , and two years later he finally won the French championship with Stade Français. The Haitian took part in the 1900 Summer Olympics in Paris with the French sports association USFSA and won the gold medal. He is considered the first dark-skinned Olympic champion in history and, together with the fencers André Corvington and Léon Thiércelin, the first participant in Haiti's Olympic history .
Constantin Henriquez's brother Alphonse Henriquez was a lawyer, journalist, senator and member of the Haiti National Constituent Assembly in 1946.
Web links
- Constantin Henriquez in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
- Constantin Henriquez in the database FinalesRugby (French)
- Haiti et les Jeux olympiques: Constantin Henriquez de Zubiera ( Memento of December 8, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) , in: haiti-culture.com .
- Legend: Constantin Henriquez de Zuberia , in: serge.brondeau.free.fr (accessed October 1, 2015).
Individual evidence
- ↑ Exclusiva: Un Colombiano Olímpico en París 1900 , in: olimpismo2007.blogspot.co.uk (accessed October 1, 2015).
- ↑ Vélodrome, Courbevoie, 17 mars 1895 , in: lnr.fr (accessed October 1, 2015).
- ↑ Route du Médoc, Le Bouscat, 30 avril 1899 , in: lnr.fr (accessed October 1, 2015).
- ↑ Route du Médoc, Le Bouscat, March 31, 1901 , in: lnr.fr (accessed October 1, 2015).
- ↑ Haïti: Constitution du 22 November 1946 , in: mjp.univ-perp.fr (accessed October 1, 2015).
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Henriquez, Constantin |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Haitian rugby player |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 19th century |
| DATE OF DEATH | 20th century |