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First black athlete to compete in the University boat race (male)

First black athlete to compete in the University boat race (male)
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Who
Noam Mouelle
What
First
Where
United Kingdom
When
26 March 2023

The first black male athlete to compete in the University Boat Race was Noam Mouelle (France), in London, UK, on 26 March 2023.

Noam Mouelle, a PhD student from France, was part of Cambridge's winning Boat Race crew and is the first black competitor of the men's event. The event has been going on for 194 years annually, with Cambridge and Oxford University going head-to-head on the River Thames in London.