Champion (disambiguation)

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

Champion or champions may also refer to:

People

• Étienne Marie Antoine Champion de Nansouty (1768–1815), French cavalry commander
• Albert Champion (cricketer) (1851–1909), Yorkshire cricketer
• Albert Champion (cyclist) (1878–1927), French road racing cyclist and spark plug manufacturer
• Beau Champion, Australian rugby league footballer
• Bob Champion (born 1948), English jump jockey and subject of the 1983 film Champions
• DJ Champion, the stage name of Maxime Morin, a Quebec electronic musician
• Frederick Walter Champion (1893 – 1970), English forester and wildlife photographer, who pioneered camera trapping
• George Charles Champion (1851-1927), English entomologist
• Gower Champion (1919–1980) and Marge Champion (born 1919), American husband-and-wife dance partners and choreographers
• Henry Champion (1866–1942), stage name of Harry Champion, a famous British music hall composer and star
• Henry Champion (general) (1751–1836) American general in the Continental Army
• Henry Hyde Champion (1859–1928), Australian social reformer and journalist
• Jacques Champion de Chambonnières (c. 1601–1672), French Baroque composer also known as Jacques Champion
• Jon Champion (born 1965), English football commentator
• Malcolm Champion (1883–1939), New Zealand's first Olympic swimmer and gold medalist
• 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, California
• Champion, Nebraska
• 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
• 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
• Israeli telenovela

Music

Groups and labels

• Champion (band), an American hardcore band
• Champion Records, the name of at least four record labels

Albums and songs

• Champion (The Audition album)
• 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", a song by NBA player, Ron Artest
• "Champion" (Chipmunk song)
• "Champion", a song by Danish singer Clemens feat. Jon Nørgaard
• "Champion" (Kanye West song), a song by Kanye West from the 2007 album Graduation
• "Champion" (Agnes song), a song by Swedish singer Agnes Carlsson
• "The Champion: The Hits", a 2009 compilation album by Nigerian rapper Eldee|eLDee

Comics and games

• The Champion (comics), a British comic book which ran from 1922 until 1955
• Champions (comics), a Marvel Comics superhero team
• Champion of the Universe a Marvel Comics character character who is one of the Elders of the Universe
• Champions (role-playing game), a game to simulate a superhero comic book world
  • Champions Online, an MMORPG based on the above
• Champion, a jumping piece in the game of Omega Chess
• The Champion, a transcendent class in the MMORPG Ragnarok Online

In transportation

• Champion Air, defunct American charter airline
• Champion Aircraft, a former light aircraft manufacturer
• The 7-series Aeronca Champion, light aircraft produced by Aeronca, Champion, Bellanca, and American Champion
• Avid Champion, an ultralight aircraft
• Studebaker Champion, an automobile
• Champion (passenger train), a defunct Amtrak route

In sports

• PGA Champions Tour, a golf circuit for seniors
• The Champions Classic, a golf tournament on the Champions Tour from 1983 to 1985
• Champion Stakes, a thoroughbred horse race in Great Britain
• Champion Stadium, a baseball stadium at Walt Disney World

Other

• King's Champion, serves at the coronation of an English Monarch.
• HMS Champion, the name of five Royal Navy ships
• Champion (Beanie Baby), a Beanie Baby bear made by Ty, Inc. with versions representing 32 countries in the World Cup
• 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
• "Champion land", another term for the open field system used in medieval and early modern Europe.

See also

• Championship

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