Haiti at the 1900 Summer Olympics
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Two fencers and one rugby player of Haitian nationality competed at the 1900 Summer Olympics in
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for Haiti. It would not be until the 1924 Summer Olympics until the nation sent a team to compete at the Olympic Games.


Fencing

Neither Haitian fencer advanced past the first round.


Rugby

Constantin Henriquez Constantin Henriquez was a Haitian-born French rugby union footballer. He played as number eight, wing and centre. Henriquez was the first known black athlete to compete in the Olympic Games, and the first to become an Olympic gold medallist, ...
took part in a Rugby tournament as part of a Mixed team and won a medal with this team.


References

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