Champion

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A champion is a person or animal who comes in first place in a competition.

Champion or champions may also refer to:

People

• Champion, a patron for a cause
• Albert Champion (cricketer) (1851–1909), Yorkshire cricketer
• Albert Champion (cyclist) (1878–1927), French road racing cyclist
• Albert Champion, French-American innovator who developed a spark plug and put his initials on the AC Delco division of General Motors
• Bob Champion (born 1948), English jump jockey as subject of the 1983 film Champions
• Henry Champion (general) (1751–1836) American General who served in the Continental Army
• Henry Hyde Champion (1859–1928), Australian social reformer and journalist
• Jacques Champion de Chambonnières (c. 1601–1672), French Baroque composer
• Jon Champion (born 1965), English football commentator
• Nicolas Champion (c. 1475–1533), Franco-Flemish Renaissance composer in the Habsburg court
• Philip Champion (born 1976), American basketball player
• Richard Champion (born 1968), former Australian rules footballer
• Will Champion (born 1978), drummer/multi-instrumentalist for English band Coldplay

Places

In Canada:

• Champion, Alberta, Canada

In the United States:

• Champion, New York
• Champion, Wisconsin
• Champion Township, Michigan
• Champion Township, Minnesota
• Champion Township, Trumbull County, Ohio

Film and television

• The Adventures of Champion (1955–1956), a children's TV series
• Champion (1949 film), an American boxing drama starring Kirk Douglas
• Champion (2000 film), a Hindi film starring Rahul Dev
• Champion (2002 film), a South Korean film about boxer Duk Koo Kim
• The Champion (1915 film), a Charlie Chaplin film
• The Champion (1973 film), a Hong Kong film
• The Champion (TV series), a 2004 Chinese MediaCorp idol drama
• The Champion Liar, a 1920 short Western film
• The Champion Of Champions, a 1972 Hong Kong film
• Champions (1983 film), a UK film by John Irvin, starring John Hurt, based on the life of Bob Champion
• The Champions (documentary miniseries), a Canadian documentary miniseries by Donald Brittain about René Lévesque and Pierre Elliott Trudeau
• The Champions (1968–1969), a British espionage/science fiction adventure series
• The Mighty Ducks, 1992 film released as Champions in the UK and Australia
• The Champion (telenovela), "HaAlufa", an Israeli telenovela

Music

Musicians, groups, or labels

• Champion (band), an American hardcore band
• Champion (musician), a Canadian electronic musician
• Champion Records, a record label

Albums and songs

• Champion (The Audition album), an album by American band The Audition
• Champion (RuPaul album)
• Champion EP, by Brother Ali
• The Champion, an album by Carman
• "Champion", a song by Grinspoon from the 1998 album Guide to Better Living
• "Champion", a song by Flipsyde
• "Champion" (song), a song by Kanye West from the 2007 album Graduation
• "Champion" (Agnes song), a song by Swedish singer Agnes Carlsson

Comics and games

• The Champion (comics), a British comic book which ran from 1922 until 1955
• Champions (comics), a Marvel Comics superhero team
• Champions (role-playing game), a game to simulate a superhero comic book world
• The Champions (Hero Universe), a prominent superhero team in the Hero Universe
• Champion of the Universe, a Marvel Comics character
• Champion, a jumping piece in the game of Omega Chess
• The Champion, a transcendent class in the MMORPG Ragnarok Online#Job System

Sports-related

• UEFA Champions League, a football competition in Europe
• Champion (Beanie Baby), a Beanie Baby bear made by Ty, Inc. with versions representing 32 countries in the World Cup
• The Champions Classic, a golf tournament on the Champions Tour from 1983 to 1985
• The Champion Maker, a 2006 novel about running

Aircraft

• The 7-series Aeronca Champion light aircraft produced by Aeronca, Champion, Bellanca, and American Champion
• Champion Aircraft, a former light aircraft manufacturer
• Avid Champion, an ultralight aircraft

Other

• Champion (passenger train), a defunct Amtrak route, from the Northeast United States to St. Petersburg, Florida
• Champion (role variant), a personality type of the Keirsey Temperament Sorter
• Champion (supermarket), a French supermarket chain
• Champion (spark plug), manufacturer of various ignition system components including spark plugs
• Champion (sportswear), a manufacturer of clothing, specializing in sportswear
• The Champion, the magazine of the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers
• The Champion of the Thames, a Cambridge pub

See also

• Championship

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