BLACK SOCIAL HISTORY : AFRO-HAITIAN " CONSTANTIN HENRIQUEZ de ZUBIERA " WAS THE FIRST KNOWN BLACK ATHLETE TO COMPETE IN THE OLYMPIC GAMES AND BECAME THE FIRST BLACK PERSON TO WIN A GOLD MEDAL IN THE OLYMPIC GAMES : GOES INTO THE " HALL OF BLACK HEROES "

 BLACK          SOCIAL        HISTORY                                                                                                                                                                                       Constantin Henriquez de Zubiera

Constantin Henriquez de Zubiera

Place of birth	Haiti
Rugby union career
Playing career
Position	No. 8, Wing, Centre
Professional / senior clubs
Years	Club / team	Caps	(points)
	Olympique Stade Français
National team(s)
Years	Club / team	Caps	(points)
1900	France

Olympic medal record
Men's rugby union
Competitor for  France
Gold	1900 Paris	Team competition
Men's tug of war
Silver	1900 Paris	Team competition

Constantin Henriquez de Zubiera was a Haitian-born French rugby union footballer. He played as number eight, wing and centre.

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.

Henriquez de Zubiera was the first known coloured athlete to compete in the Olympic Games,^[1] and by extension, the first to become an Olympic gold medallist, as he was a member of the France squad that won the Olympic title at the first Rugby Olympic Tournament.

He also won the silver in the tug of war at the 1900 Summer Olympics.