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Champion (other)
A champion is a first-place winner in a competition, along with other definitions discussed in the article. Champion or Champions may also refer to: Brands and enterprises * Champion (sportswear), a clothing manufacturer * Champion (spark plug), a brand of ignition system components * Champion (supermarket), a defunct French supermarket chain * Champion (automobile), a German producer of small cars * Champion Air, defunct American charter airline * Champion Aircraft, a former light aircraft manufacturer * Champion Bridge Co., an Ohio-based bridge manufacturer * Champion Energy, a Houston-based retail electric provider (REP) * Champion Homes, a modular homes manufacturing company * Studebaker Champion, an automobile Art, entertainment, and media Fictional entities * Champion of the Universe, a Marvel Comics character * Champion the Wonder Horse, Gene Autry's horse as portrayed in movies and television shows * Champions (1975 team), a Marvel Comics superhero team that debuted in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Champion
A champion (from the late Latin ''campio'') is the victor in a challenge, contest or competition. There can be a territorial pyramid of championships, e.g. local, regional / provincial, state, national, continental and world championships, and even further (artificial) divisions at one or more of these levels, as in association football. Their champions can be accordingly styled, e.g. national champion, world champion. Meaning In certain disciplines, there are specific titles for champions, either descriptive, as the baspehlivan in Turkish oil wrestling, yokozuna in Japanese sumo wrestling; or copied from social hierarchies, such as the ''koning'' and ''keizer'' ('king' and 'emperor') in traditional archery competitions (not just national, also at lower levels) in the Low Countries. * In a broader sense, nearly any sort of competition can be considered a championship, and the winner of it a champion. Thus, there are championships for many non-sporting competitions such as sp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Champion (1915 Film)
''The Champion'' is a 1915 American silent comedy film released by Essanay Studios, starring Charles Chaplin alongside Edna Purviance and Leo White. Essanay co-owner and star, Broncho Billy Anderson can be seen as an enthusiastic audience member in the boxing match scene. Plot In this comedy, Charlie Chaplin has a companion—a pet bulldog. Walking along a street with his bulldog, Charlie finds a "good luck" horseshoe just as he passes the training camp of an enormous fighter named Spike Dugan. Outside the camp is a large, painted advertisement which states Dugan is seeking sparring partners "who can take a punch." After watching other better fighters be soundly beaten by Dugan, Charlie decides his best bet is to put the horseshoe inside his boxing glove. Using the loaded glove, Charlie connects with a solid punch and wins. The trainer prepares Charlie to fight the world champion. A gambler wants Charlie to throw the fight. He and the trainer's daughter fall in love. Notes I ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Champion (2018 Film)
''Champion'' is a 2018 South Korean sports comedy film directed by Kim Yong-wan. The film stars Ma Dong-seok, Kwon Yul, and Han Ye-ri. It is related to arm wrestling competition. The movie is rated 9.4/10 in Asian TV Website within the first month of release. Plot The film tells the story of the adopted Mark who was a former arm wrestler but now works as a bouncer. He goes to South Korea for a competition to search for his mother who gave him up for adoption as a child. With help of his friend, Jin-ki, Mark finds his real family, only to learn that his mother had died. He then meets his step-sister and her family whom he never knew. Through his mother's emails that he came to read he learned what it meant to feel her pain of abandoning him. He later wins the national tournament against his opponents and in the end, defeats the opponent named Punch in the final. Cast * Ma Dong-seok as Mark / Baek Seung-min * Kwon Yul as Jin-ki * Han Ye-ri as Soo-jin * Choi Seung-hun as Joon-hyung ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gary Graham
Gary Graham (born June 6, 1950) is an American actor, musician, and author. He may be best known for his starring role as Detective Matthew Sikes in the television series ''Alien Nation'' (1989–1990) and five subsequent ''Alien Nation'' television films (1994–1997). Biography and career Graham was born in Long Beach, California. One of his earliest roles was in the 1980 CBS mini series ''Scruples'' based on the Judith Krantz novel starring Lindsay Wagner. He was cast as a "hitman" on the television show ''Moonlighting'' co-starring opposite Bruce Willis. He has played more than 38 TV roles and has also been in more than 40 movies. Band names: The Gary Graham Garage Band, The Gary Graham Band and The Sons of Kirk. He is a contributor to Breitbart News. Television As well as Alien Nation and Star Trek, Graham starred in a 2008 TV pilot styled after ''Sin City'' called '' Dead End City''. December 18, 1984 episode of Remington Steele, "Let's Steele A Plot" (Season 3,e ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Champion (2017 Film)
A champion (from the late Latin ''campio'') is the victor in a challenge, contest or competition. There can be a territorial pyramid of championships, e.g. local, regional / provincial, state, national, continental and world championships, and even further (artificial) divisions at one or more of these levels, as in association football. Their champions can be accordingly styled, e.g. national champion, world champion. Meaning In certain disciplines, there are specific titles for champions, either descriptive, as the baspehlivan in Turkish oil wrestling, yokozuna in Japanese sumo wrestling; or copied from social hierarchies, such as the ''koning'' and ''keizer'' ('king' and 'emperor') in traditional archery competitions (not just national, also at lower levels) in the Low Countries. * In a broader sense, nearly any sort of competition can be considered a championship, and the winner of it a champion. Thus, there are championships for many non-sporting competitions such as spe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Champion (2003 Film)
''Champion'' is a 2003 Bengali sports-drama film directed by Rabi Kinagi. The movie features Jeet and Srabanti Chatterjee. This movie is Jeet's third movie and Srabanti Chatterjee's debut movie as a heroine. The movie is a remake of 1999 Telugu movie '' Thammudu'' which was inspired by the 1979 American movie '' Breaking Away''. Plot The main theme of the film depicts how an irresponsible boy can be very responsible at a particular stage of life. In this film, we have got a glittering appearance of a new hero at Tollygunge named 'Jeet'. Raja is a college student who is forever committing mischief. He and his peers Bhola (Bhola Tamang), Dhonu (Rudranil Ghosh) & Kanu (Shuvashish Mukherjee) always stay on the top of the list of failures. Raja has an elder brother, Rohit (Siddhartha), who is the exact opposite of the infamous Raja. Rohit works at their father's cafe and is bright in his studies. Their father is fed up with the restless Raja. Even after repeated whackings from his ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Champion (2002 Film)
''Champion'' () is a 2002 South Korean film directed by Kwak Kyung-taek, about South Korean boxer Duk Koo Kim, portrayed by Yu Oh-seong. Background A biopic, ''Champion'' details the life of Duk Koo Kim, South Korea's most popular boxer, who, in his rise to international fame, faced the reigning lightweight champion Ray Mancini at Caesar's Palace in Las Vegas, Nevada on November 13, 1982. Kim ultimately lost the match after fourteen rounds, and within minutes, dropped into a coma from which he never recovered. The match changed boxing rules around the world; and affected South Korea especially. Cast *Yu Oh-seong - Kim Deuk-gu *Chae Min-seo - Lee Kyeong-mi *Yun Seung-won - Kim, Hyeon-ji *Jung Doo-hong - Lee Sang-bok *Kim Byeong-seo - Park Jong-pal *Ji Dae-han - Hwang Jun-seok *Shin Jung-geun - Kim Yun-gu *Kim Hyun-sook Kim Hyun-sook (born October 16, 1978) is a South Korean actress and comedian. She is best known for playing the title character in ''Ugly Miss Young-ae'', a l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Champion (2000 Film)
''Champion'' is a 2000 Indian Hindi action film directed by Padam Kumar, starring Sunny Deol, Manisha Koirala and Rahul Dev. The rights to this film are owned by Red Chillies Entertainment. Plot The film ''Champion'' is a tale about a man who has a quest, a dream to be the best of the best. The film centres on four main characters, namely Rajveer Singh ( Sunny Deol), a simpleton from a village in Punjab, whose sole dream in life is to become a super-cop and wipe off all crime. After, training, he gets his first posting at Mumbai for a special assignment. Bubbling with enthusiasm, an arrival, he is shocked to find that his job is to protect a nine-year-old boy, Abbas Khan (Abhishek Sharma). A bodyguard, after all the rigorous training to eliminate hardcore criminals! Abbas is the sole heir to millions of riches left to him by his parents, who have expired in a drastic plane crash. The only threat to Abbas's life is Nazir ( Rahul Dev), who has a personal vendetta because of whic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Champions (1997 Film)
''Champions'' is a 1997 American film, starring Louis Mandylor, Danny Trejo and Ken Shamrock. It was written and directed by Peter Gathings Bunche. Plot William Rockman, a former "Terminal Combat" champion, enters in a new tournament to Avenge his brother's death. Cast * Louis Mandylor as William Rockman * Danny Trejo as Max Brito * Ken Shamrock Kenneth Wayne Shamrock (''né'' Kilpatrick; born February 11, 1964) is an American bare-knuckle boxing promoter and semi-retired professional wrestler, mixed martial artist, and kickboxer. He is best known for his time in Ultimate Fighting Cha ... as The King * Lee Reherman as Steele Manheim * Bobbie Blackford as Sgt. Kimberly Pepatone References External links IMDB Page* 1997 films American action films 1990s English-language films 1990s American films {{1990s-action-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Mighty Ducks (film)
''The Mighty Ducks'' (also known as ''D1: The Mighty Ducks'' and in the UK as ''Champions'') is a 1992 American sports comedy-drama film about a youth league hockey team, directed by Stephen Herek and starring Emilio Estevez. It was produced by The Kerner Entertainment Company and Avnet–Kerner Productions and distributed by Walt Disney Pictures. It is the first film in ''The Mighty Ducks'' film series. In some countries, the home release copies were printed with the title as ''The Mighty Ducks Are the Champions'' to avoid confusion with the title of the sequel. The year after the film's release, Disney founded an NHL hockey team, named the "Mighty Ducks of Anaheim" after the film. Plot Gordon Bombay (Emilio Estevez) is an arrogant but successful Minneapolis defense attorney. After his 30th successful case, he celebrates by going out drinking, but is arrested for drunk driving and sentenced to 500 hours of community service by coaching the local "District 5" Pee-Wee hockey ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Champions (1984 Film)
''Champions'' is a 1984 film based on the true story of jockey Bob Champion. It is directed by John Irvin, produced by Peter Shaw, written by Evan Jones, and stars John Hurt, Edward Woodward and Jan Francis. Plot The film is based on the true story of Bob Champion (portrayed by John Hurt), who was diagnosed with testicular cancer in 1979. After treatment with an operation to remove the diseased testicle and chemotherapy, Champion recovered and went on to win the 1981 Grand National on Aldaniti. Cast *John Hurt as Bob Champion *Edward Woodward as Josh Gifford *Jan Francis as Jo Beswick *Ben Johnson as Burly Cocks *Alison Steadman as Mary Hussey *Kirstie Alley as Barbara *Ann Bell as Valda Embiricos *Peter Barkworth as Nick Embiricos *Judy Parfitt as Dr Merrow * Michael Byrne as Richard Hussey *Aldaniti as Himself Awards In 1984, John Irvin was nominated for the Golden Bear Award at the 34th Berlin International Film Festival. In 1985, John Hurt won an award at the Evening S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Champions (1983 Film)
''The Champions'' () is a 1983 Hong Kong action sports comedy film written and directed by Brandy Yuen and starring Yuen Biao. Synopsis Lee Tung (Yuen Biao) is taunted by rival football teams. At first he is just a ball boy and a punch bag for the leading villain, King (Dick Wei). But after too many beatings, Tung decides to play for another local team and to go against King in a one-off football match at the end. The film also tackles problems of jealousy, corruption and bullying in sports. Cast *Yuen Biao as Lee Tung *Cheung Kwok-keung as Suen *Dick Wei as King *Moon Lee as Fanny *Eddy Ko as Tung's Uncle *Cheung King-po as King's assistant *Kam Biu as Soccer bets syndicate's boss *Tong Tin-hei as Seng Sun Team's boss *Tino Wong as 3rd Master *Ho Pak-kwong as 3rd Master's assistant *Fung King-man as Village contest's emcee *Yue Tau-wan as Social soccer player *Brandy Yuen as Man who helps buy betting tickets *Yuen Lung-kui as Man who hits gong *Johnny Cheung as King's soccer p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
