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, an ...

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) Champion (also stylized as Champion U.S.A.) is a brand of clothing, specializing in sportswear owned and marketed by American apparel company Hanesbrands (based in Winston-Salem, North Carolina), which was spun off by the Sara Lee Corporation ...

, a clothing manufacturer *

Champion (spark plug) Champion is an American brand of spark plug. History Founding and early history Albert Champion Company was founded by Albert Champion in June 1905 in Boston's South End, in the landmark Cyclorama Building, to import French electrical ...

, a brand of ignition system components *

Champion (supermarket) Champion was a supermarket chain that operated in France and owned by the international retailer Carrefour. There were also Champion supermarkets in Belgium, Spain, Poland, Greece, Turkey, Argentina and Brazil. History In 1993, Champion became ...

, a defunct French supermarket chain * Champion (automobile), a German producer of small cars *

Champion Air Champion Air was an airline based in Bloomington, Minnesota, USA. It operated general charter services to sports teams, vacation wholesalers, and government agencies. It also offered limited scheduled service. Its main base was Minneapolis-Sain ...

, defunct American charter airline *

Champion Aircraft Champion Aircraft Corporation was formed in 1954 by Robert Brown. Headquartered in Osceola, Wisconsin airport An airport is an aerodrome with extended facilities, mostly for commercial air transport. Airports usually consists of a ...

, a former light aircraft manufacturer * Champion Bridge Co., an Ohio-based bridge manufacturer *

Champion Energy Champion Energy Services, LLC is a retail electricity provider (REP) based in Houston, Texas. Champion Energy currently serves residential, governmental, commercial and industrial customers in deregulated electric energy markets in Texas, Illinois ...

, a Houston-based retail electric provider (REP) *

Champion Homes Champion Homes, or Champion Home Builders, is a mobile and modular home manufacturing company that operates as a subsidiary of the Skyline Champion Corporation. It is one of the largest modular homebuilders in North America. The company also prov ...

, a modular homes manufacturing company *

Studebaker Champion The Studebaker Champion is an automobile which was produced by the Studebaker Corporation of South Bend, Indiana, from the beginning of the 1939 model year until 1958. It was a full-size car in its first three generations and a mid-size car in its ...

, an automobile

Art, entertainment, and media

Fictional entities

Champion of the Universe The Champion of the Universe (Tryco Slatterus) is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. He is not necessarily a villain but has played the role in the past through his impetuous and arrogant actions. ...

, a Marvel Comics character *

Champion the Wonder Horse Champion the Wonder Horse was the on-screen companion of singing cowboy Gene Autry in 79 films between 1935 and 1952, and 91 television episodes of ''The Gene Autry Show'' between 1950 and 1955. In addition, Champion starred in 26 episodes of his ...

, Gene Autry's horse as portrayed in movies and television shows *

Champions (1975 team) The Champions are a fictional team of superheroes appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. The team first appears in ''The Champions'' #1 (October 1975) and was created by writer Tony Isabella and artist Don Heck. Their t ...

, a Marvel Comics superhero team that debuted in 1975 *

Champions (2016 team) The Champions are a team of teenage superheroes appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. The team first appears in ''Champions'' #1 (October 2016) and was created by writer Mark Waid and artist Humberto Ramos. Publication h ...

, a Marvel Comics superhero team that debuted in 2016 * The Champion, a transcendent class in the MMORPG ''

Ragnarok Online ''Ragnarok Online'' ( ko, 라그나로크 온라인, marketed as ''Ragnarök'', and alternatively subtitled ''The Final Destiny of the Gods'') is a massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG) created by Gravity based on the manhwa '' ...

'' * Champions, a group of characters in ''The Legend of Zelda'' franchise

Films

* ''The Champion'' (1915 film), a Charlie Chaplin film * ''The Champion'' (1943 film), an Italian film directed by Carlo Borghesio * ''Champion'' (1949 film), an American boxing drama starring Kirk Douglas * ''The Champion'' (1973 film), a Hong Kong film * ''The Champions'' (1983 film), a Hong Kong film * ''Champions'' (1984 film), a UK film by John Irvin, starring John Hurt, based on the life of Bob Champion * ''

The Mighty Ducks ''The Mighty Ducks'' is an American media franchise. It features a trilogy of live-action films released in the 1990s by Walt Disney Pictures, an animated television series, a live-action sequel television series, and a real-world hockey team ...

'', 1992 film released as ''Champions'' in the UK and Australia * ''Champions'' (1997 film), an American film by Peter Gathings Bunche * ''Champion'' (2000 film), a Hindi film directed by Padam Kumar * ''Champion'' (2002 film), a South Korean film about boxer Duk Koo Kim * ''Champion'' (2003 film), an Indian Bengali film about sports * ''Champion'' (2017 film), an American film starring

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'' televi ...

* ''Champion'' (2018 film), a South Korean film starring Ma Dong-seok * ''Champions'' (2018 film), a Spanish film natively titled ''Campeones'' * ''Champion'' (2019 film), an Indian Tamil-language film * ''The Champion'' (2020 film), a Polish-language film * ''Champion'' (2022 film), an Indian Kannada-language film starring

Sunny Leone Karenjit Kaur Vohra (born May 13, 1981), known by her stage name Sunny Leone (), is a Canadian-American model and actress in the American and Indian film industries. She is a former pornographic actress. She was born in Canada to an Indian S ...

Television

* ''Champion'' (TV series), a Canadian sports biography television series * ''Champions'' (Indian TV series), 2013–2014 * ''Champions'' (American TV series), 2018 * ''The Adventures of Champion'' (TV series) (1955–1956), a children's TV series (known as ''Champion the Wonder Horse'' on British TV) * ''The Champions'' (miniseries), a 1986 Canadian documentary about Pierre Trudeau and René Lévesque * ''The Champion'' (TV series), a 2004 Singaporean Chinese MediaCorp idol drama * ''

The Champions ''The Champions'' is a British espionage thriller/science fiction/occult detective fiction adventure television series. It was produced by Lew Grade's ITC Entertainment production company, and consists of 30 episodes broadcast in the UK on ITV ...

'' (1968–1969), a British espionage/science fiction adventure series *'' America's Got Talent: The Champions'' (2019-present), a spin-off to the American talent series, ''America's Got Talent'' *'' Britain's Got Talent: The Champions'' (2019-present), a spin-off to the British talent series, ''Britain's Got Talent''

Games and toys

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, an ...

, a Beanie Baby bear made by Ty, Inc. * ''Champion'', a jumping piece in the game of '' Omega Chess'' * ''Champions'' (role-playing game), a game to simulate a superhero comic book world ** ''

Champions Online ''Champions Online'' is a free-to-play superhero-themed massively multiplayer online role-playing game ( MMORPG) developed by Cryptic Studios. The game is based on the ''Champions'' license and its rules and setting are loosely based on the HERO ...

'', a 2009 MMORPG loosely based on the above

Music

Groups and labels

Champion (band) Champion was an American straight edge hardcore punk band formed by vocalist Jim Hesketh and guitarist Chris Williams in the spring of 1999 in Seattle, Washington. History Jim and Chris formed Champion and after a few months of shows, the b ...

, an American hardcore band *

Champion Records (1925) Champion Records was a record label in Richmond, Indiana, founded in 1925 by the Starr Piano Company as a division of Gennett Records, which was also in Richmond. Champion released budget versions of discs issued by Gennett. Its issues included ra ...

, and its successor label * Champion Records (1950s), a Nashville, Tennessee-based label * Champion Records (1980), a British record label

Albums

* ''Champion'' (EP), by Brother Ali * ''Champion'' (Beckah Shae album) * ''Champion'' (Bishop Briggs album) * ''Champion'' (RuPaul album) * ''Champion'' (The Audition album), 2008 * ''The Champion'', an album by

Carman In Celtic mythology, Carman or Carmun was a warrior and sorceress from Athens who tried to invade Ireland in the days of the Tuatha Dé Danann, along with her three sons, Dub ("black"), Dother ("evil") and Dian ("violence"). She used her magical ...

* '' The Champion: The Hits'', a 2009 compilation album by Nigerian rapper ELDee * ''Champion'' (Peter Cornell album), 2014

Songs

* "Champion" (Ace Hood song) * "Champion" (Agnes song), a 2006 song by Swedish singer Agnes Carlsson * "Champion" (Bethel Music and Dante Bowe song), 2020 * "Champion" (Chipmunk song), a 2011 rap song * "Champion" (Clemens song), 2010 * "Champion" (Clement Marfo & The Frontline song), 2012 * "Champion" (Fall Out Boy song), 2017 * "Champion" (Kanye West song), 2007 * "Champion" (Nicki Minaj song), 2012 * "Champion", a song by Buju Banton from his 2001 compilation album ''Ultimate Collection'' (Buju Banton album) * "Champion", a song by The Chevin from the 2012 album '' Borderland'' * "Champion", coronation song selection for 2015 '' American Idol XIV'' runner-up Clark Beckham * "Champion", a song by Dwayne "DJ" Bravo * "Champion", a song by

Flipsyde Flipsyde is an American alternative hip hop group from Oakland, California. Career Flipsyde currently consists of lead vocalist and guitarist Steve Knight, lead guitarist Dave Lopez, and rapper The Piper (Jinho Ferreira). Their 2005 debut alb ...

* "Champion", a song by Grinspoon from the 1998 album ''

Guide to Better Living ''Guide to Better Living'' is the debut studio album by Australian rock band Grinspoon. It was released on 16 September 1997 on the Grudge Records label (an imprint of Universal Music Australia) and was produced by Phil McKellar. The album reach ...

'' * "Champions" (GOOD Music song), 2016 * "Champions" (Paid in Full song), 2002 * "Champions" (Usher and Rubén Blades song), 2016 * "Champions", a song by James Blunt from the 2019 album ''

Once Upon a Mind ''Once Upon a Mind'' is the sixth studio album by the English singer James Blunt James Blunt (born James Hillier Blount; 22 February 1974) is an English singer, songwriter and musician. A former reconnaissance officer in the Life Guards re ...

'' * "Champions", a song by

O.A.R. O.A.R. (short for Of A Revolution) is an American rock band, founded in 1996 in Rockville, Maryland. The band consists of lead vocalist/guitarist Marc Roberge, drummer Chris Culos, guitarist Richard On, bassist Benj Gershman, saxophonist/guitar ...

featuring B.o.B * "Champions", a song by

Sumi Jo Sumi Jo, OSI (; ; born 22 November 1962) is a South Korean lyric coloratura soprano known for her Grammy award-winning interpretations of the bel canto repertoire. Life and career Early life and education Jo was born Jo Su-gyeong in Changw ...

* "The Champion" (song), a song by Carrie Underwood featuring Ludacris, 2018 * "The Champions", a song by DJ Kay Slay from the 2003 album ''

The Streetsweeper, Vol. 1 ''The Streetsweeper, Vol. 1'' is the debut studio album by American DJ DJ Kay Slay, released on May 20, 2003 through Columbia Records Columbia Records is an American record label owned by Sony Music, Sony Music Entertainment, a subsidiary of ...

Periodicals

* ''The Champion'', the magazine of the

National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers The National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers (NACDL) is an American criminal defense organization. Members include private criminal defense lawyers, public defenders, active U.S. military defense counsel, law professors, judges, and defe ...

* ''The Champion Magazine'', 1916–1917 magazine founded by

Fenton Johnson (poet) Fenton Johnson (May 7, 1888 – September 17, 1958) was an American poet, essayist, author of short stories, editor, and educator. Johnson came from a middle-class African-American family in Chicago, where he spent most of his career. His work ...

* '' The Daily Champion'', English language newspaper in Nigeria * '' The Moree Champion'', previously ''The North West Champion'', in Moree, New South Wales * ''

The Sligo Champion ''The Sligo Champion'' is a weekly regional newspaper published every Tuesday in Sligo, Ireland. It was purchased by Independent News & Media (INM) in 2008. In a 2011 article in the ''Irish Independent'', also owned by INM, it was described as o ...

'', weekly regional newspaper published in Sligo, Ireland * ''The Western Champion'' (Parkes), weekly newspaper published in Parkes, New South Wales * ''The Western Champion'' (Queensland), weekly newspaper published in Queensland, Australia

Other uses in art and entertainment

* ''Champion'' (novel), a 2013 novel by Marie Lu * ''

Breakfast of Champions ''Breakfast of Champions, or Goodbye Blue Monday'' is a 1973 novel by the American author Kurt Vonnegut. His seventh novel, it is set predominantly in the fictional town of Midland City, Ohio, and focuses on two characters: Dwayne Hoover, a Midl ...

'', or ''Goodbye Blue Monday'', a 1973 novel and the seventh novel by the American author Kurt Vonnegut * ''Champion'' (opera), a 2013 biographical/philosophical work on Emile Griffith's fatal boxing match * "Breakfast of champions", a tagline for Wheaties cereal * ''The Champion'' (story paper), a British comic book which ran from 1922 until 1955

Sports

, a manufacturer of various classes of clothing *

Champion Stadium The Stadium at the ESPN Wide World of Sports is a baseball stadium located at the ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex in the Walt Disney World Resort. The stadium was built in 1997. It was most recently the home of the Rookie-league Gulf Coast Leagu ...

, a baseball stadium at Walt Disney World *

Champion Stakes The Champion Stakes is a Group 1 flat horse race in Great Britain open to thoroughbreds aged three years or older. It is run at Ascot over a distance of 1 mile and 2 furlong ...

, a thoroughbred horse race in Great Britain *

PGA Champions Tour PGA Tour Champions (formerly the Senior PGA Tour and the Champions Tour) is a men's professional senior golf tour, administered as a branch of the PGA Tour. History and format The Senior PGA Championship, founded in 1937, was for many years ...

, a golf circuit for seniors *

The Champions Classic The Champions Classic was a golf tournament on the Champions Tour from 1983 to 1985. It was played in Sparks, Nevada at the Wildcreek Golf Club. The purse for the 1985 tournament was US$200,000, with $30,000 going to the winner. The tournament was ...

, a golf tournament on the Champions Tour from 1983 to 1985 *

Champion (horse) Champion (1797 – after 1809) was a British Thoroughbred racehorse and sire. In a career that lasted from May 1800 to May 1802 he ran nine times and won five races. In the summer of 1800 he proved himself one of the best British colts of h ...

(1797–?), British Thoroughbred racehorse and sire

Titles or roles

* Champion of/for, one who supports or advocates for a cause or constituency, as in

patient advocacy Patient advocacy is a process in health care concerned with advocacy for patients, survivors, and caregivers. The patient advocate may be an individual or an organization, concerned with healthcare standards or with one specific group of disor ...

Queen's Champion The Honourable The King's (or Queen's) Champion is an honorary and hereditory office in the Royal Household of the British sovereign. The champion's original role at the coronation of a British monarch was to challenge anyone who contested the ...

, a British office and its incumbent *

King's Champion The Honourable The King's (or Queen's) Champion is an honorary and hereditory office in the Royal Household of the British sovereign. The champion's original role at the coronation of a British monarch was to challenge anyone who contested the ...

, a British office and its incumbent

People with the name

* Champion (surname) *

Champion Jack Dupree William Thomas "Champion Jack" Dupree (July 23, 1909 or July 4, 1910 – January 21, 1992) was an American blues and boogie-woogie pianist and singer. His nickname was derived from his early career as a boxer. Biography Dupree was a New Orleans ...

(died 1992), American blues pianist *

DJ Champion Maxime Morin (born c. 1969),Martel, ...

, stage name of Maxime Morin, a Quebec electronic musician

Places

Canada

Champion, Alberta Champion is a village in southern Alberta, Canada within Vulcan County. It is located on Highway 23, approximately north of Lethbridge and south of Calgary. History Homesteaders began arriving in the Champion area in 1904 and 1905, mainly ...

United States

Champion (VTA) Champion station is an at-grade light rail station on the Green Line and the Orange Line of the VTA light rail system. The station is located in the center median of Tasman Drive just east of its intersection with Champion Court, after which t ...

, a light rail station in San Jose, California *

Champion, Michigan Champion is an unincorporated community in Marquette County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The community is located within Champion Township. As an unincorporated community, Champion has no legally defined boundaries or population statistics of ...

Champion, Nebraska Champion is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in central Chase County, Nebraska, United States. As of the 2010 census, it had a population of 103. It has a post office with the ZIP code 69023. History Champion was named f ...

Champion, New York Champion is a town in Jefferson County, New York, United States. The population was 4,494 at the 2010 census. The town is named after General Henry Champion, early owner. The town is on the eastern edge of the county and is east of Watertown. ...

Champion, Wisconsin Champion is an unincorporated community in the town of Green Bay in Brown County, Wisconsin, United States. It is part of the Green Bay Metropolitan Statistical Area. The town hall for the town of Green Bay is located in Champion and the Nationa ...

Champion Township, Michigan Champion Township is a civil township of Marquette County in the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the 2020 census, the township population was 250. Geography According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of , of which ...

* Champion Township, Minnesota *

Champion Township, Trumbull County, Ohio Champion Township is one of the twenty-four townships of Trumbull County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 9,762 people in the township. Geography Located in the western part of the county, it borders the following townships: * Bristol ...

Transportation

* ''Champion'' (train), a defunct train service between New York and Florida *

Aeronca Champion The Aeronca Model 7 Champion, commonly known as the "Champ", or "Airknocker",Bellanca Aircraft Corp, " d: "The Champ only $4,995"" ''Flying Annual & Pilots' Guide,'' 1971 ed., pp.36–37 iff-Davis NY is a single-engine light airplane with a ...

, a light aircraft *

Avid Champion The Avid Champion is an American single-seat, high-wing ultralight aircraft that was produced starting in 1998 as a kit by Avid Aircraft of Caldwell, Idaho, later Ennis, Montana.Cliche, Andre: ''Ultralight Aircraft Shopper's Guide'' 8th Edit ...

, an ultralight aircraft * HMS ''Champion'', the name of five Royal Navy ships * USS ''Champion'', the name of several US Navy ships

Other uses

Champion (apple) Champion, shampion or sampion is a hybrid cultivar of domesticated apple developed c. 1960 in Czech Republic The Czech Republic, or simply Czechia, is a landlocked country in Central Europe. Historically known as Bohemia, it is borde ...

, a hybrid cultivar crossed in Czech republic *

Champion (role variant) The Keirsey Temperament Sorter (KTS) is a self-assessed personality questionnaire designed to help people better understand themselves and others. It was first introduced in the book ''Please Understand Me''. It is one of the most widely used perso ...

, a personality type of the Keirsey Temperament Sorter * "Champion land", another term for the

open field system The open-field system was the prevalent agricultural system in much of Europe during the Middle Ages and lasted into the 20th century in Russia, Iran, and Turkey. Each manor or village had two or three large fields, usually several hundred acre ...

used in medieval and early modern Europe *