champion A champion (from the late Latin ''campio'') is the victor in a challenge, Competition, contest or competition. There can be a territorial pyramid of championships, e.g. local, regional/provincial/state, national, continental and world champi ...

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 Corporati ...

, a clothing manufacturer *

Champion (spark plug) Champion is an American brand of spark plug for over 100 years. It is owned by Tenneco which is owned by Apollo Global Management. History Founding and early history Albert Champion Company was founded by Albert Champion in June 1905 ...

, a brand of ignition system components *

Champion (supermarket) Champion was a French supermarket chain and owned by the international retailer Carrefour. There were also Champion supermarkets in Belgium, Spain, Poland, Greece, Turkey, Argentina and Brazil. Champion was the second-largest supermarket chain i ...

, 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 primarily operated air charter services for sports teams, vacation wholesalers, and government agencies. It also offered limited scheduled service. Its main base was Minneapol ...

, defunct American charter airline *

Champion Aircraft Champion Aircraft Corporation was formed in 1954 by Robert Brown. Headquartered in Osceola, Wisconsin airport, it began production in 1954 of the 7EC design which it had purchased from Aeronca Aircraft Corporation. Through the 1950s and the 19 ...

, a former light aircraft manufacturer *

Champion Bridge Co. The Champion Bridge Company, formerly known as Champion Iron Bridge and Manufacturing Company, is a steel fabrication business based in Wilmington, Ohio, in the United States. It has been in business since the 1870s, and several of its works are li ...

, an Ohio-based bridge manufacturer *

Champion Energy Champion Energy 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, Ohio, Pennsy ...

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

Champion Homes Champion Homes, Inc., is a mobile and modular home manufacturing company. It is one of the largest modular homebuilders in North America. The company also provides factory-built housing to the United States and western Canada. Products Champio ...

, 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 tit ...

, a Marvel Comics superhero team that debuted in 1975 *

Champions (2016 team) The Champions are a team of teenaged superheroes appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. The team first appears in ''Champions'' (vol. 2) #1 (October 2016) and was created by writer Mark Waid and artist Humberto Ramos. Pub ...

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

Ragnarok Online ''Ragnarok Online'' (, ''Rageunarokeu Onrain'' marketed as ''Ragnarök'', and alternatively subtitled ''The Final Destiny of the Gods'') is a massive multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG) created by Gravity (Korean company), Gravity based ...

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

, a type of character in ''Raid: Shadow Legends''

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 and a live-action sequel television series, as well as an animated television series by Walt Disney ...

'', 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 Rand Graham (June 6, 1950 – January 22, 2024) was an American actor. With a career spanning five decades beginning in the 1970s in television and movies, he is perhaps best known for his starring role as Detective Matthew Sikes in the tel ...

* ''Champion'' (2018 film), a South Korean film starring Ma Dong-seok * ''Champions'' (2018 film), a Spanish film natively titled ''Campeones'' ** ''Champions'' (2021 film), a Saudi Arabian-Spanish film directed by Manuel Calvo, a remake of the above ** ''Champions'' (2023 film), an American film starring Woody Harrelson, a remake of the above * ''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 "Karen" Kaur Vohra (born May 13, 1981), known by her stage name Sunny Leone, is a Canadian American actress, model, and former pornographic actress. She was named ''Penthouse (magazine), Penthouse'' Pet of the Year in 2003, was a co ...

Television

Episodes

Shows

* ''Champion'' (Canadian TV series), a Canadian sports biography television series *

Champion (British TV series) ''Champion'' is a British musical drama television series created and written by Candice Carty-Williams for BBC One which aired for one series from 1 July to 19 August 2023. It stars Déja J Bowens, Malcolm Kamulete, Ray BLK, Nadine Marshall, ...

, a musical British 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 ...

'' (1968–1969), a British espionage/science fiction adventure series * '' America's Got Talent: The Champions'' (2019–2020), a spin-off to the American talent series, ''America's Got Talent'' * '' Britain's Got Talent: The Champions'' (2019), a spin-off to the British talent series, ''Britain's Got Talent''

Games and toys

* ''Champions'' (role-playing game), a game to simulate a superhero comic book world ** '' Champions Online'', a 2009 MMORPG loosely based on the above * Champion, a

Beanie Baby Beanie Babies are a line of stuffed toys created by American businessman Ty Warner, who founded Ty Inc. in 1986. The toys are stuffed with plastic pellets ("beans") rather than conventional soft stuffing and come in many different forms, mostly ...

bear made by Ty, Inc. * ''Champion'', a jumping piece in the game of ''

Omega Chess Omega Chess is a commercial chess variant designed and released in 1992 by Daniel MacDonald. The game is played on a 10×10 board with four extra squares, each added diagonally adjacent to the corner squares. The game is laid out like standard che ...

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 ba ...

, 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 r ...

, 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 (Carmán) 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 ("darkness"), Dother ("evil") and Dian ("violence"). She use ...

* '' 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 the Japanese band

Alice Alice may refer to: * Alice (name), most often a feminine given name, but also used as a surname Literature * Alice (''Alice's Adventures in Wonderland''), a character in books by Lewis Carroll * ''Alice'' series, children's and teen books by ...

, 1978 * "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 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 album, ''We the ...

* "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 rea ...

'' * "Champion", a song by Sia from the 2024 album ''Reasonable Woman'' (album) * "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 English singer James Blunt, released on 25 October 2019 through Atlantic Records Atlantic Recording Corporation (simply known as Atlantic Records) is an American record label founded in Oct ...

'' * "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, and saxophonist/g ...

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 Ch ...

* "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 Kay Slay. It was released on May 20, 2003, through Columbia Records. The production was handled by Paperchase Inc., Dame Grease, Buckwild, Deric "D-Dot" Angelettie, DJ Scra ...

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 def ...

* ''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 ...

'', 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 * ''Champion'' (opera), a 2013 biographical/philosophical work on Emile Griffith's fatal boxing match * ''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 GCL Braves, u ...

, 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 1 furlong a ...

, a thoroughbred horse race in Great Britain * PGA Champions Tour, a golf circuit for seniors * The Champions Classic, a golf tournament on the Champions Tour from 1983 to 1985 *

Champion (horse) Champion (1797 – after 1809) was a British Thoroughbred racehorse and Horse breeding#Terminology, 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 ...

(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 hereditary 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 hereditary 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 Orle ...

(died 1992), American blues pianist *

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

, stage name of Maxime Morin, a Quebec electronic musician

Places

Belgium

Champion, Namur Champion (; ) is a sub-municipality of the city of Namur located in the province of Namur, Wallonia, Belgium. It was a separate municipality until 1977. On 1 January 1977, it was merged Mergers and acquisitions (M&A) are business transaction ...

Canada

* Champion, Alberta

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 Michigan ( ) is a peninsular U.S. state, state in the Great Lakes region, Great Lakes region of the Upper Midwest, Upper Midwestern United States ...

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 ...

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 Township, Michigan * Champion Township, Minnesota *

Champion Township, Trumbull County, Ohio Champion Township is one of the twenty-four townships of Trumbull County, Ohio, United States. The 2020 census found 9,381 people in the township. Geography Located in the western part of the county, it borders the following townships: * Brist ...

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 in Czechoslovakia Czechoslovakia ( ; Czech language, Czech and , ''Česko-Slovensko'') was a landlocked country in Central Europe, created in 1918, when ...

, a hybrid cultivar crossed in Czech republic *

Champion (role variant) The Keirsey Temperament Sorter (KTS) is a self-assessed personality questionnaire. It was first introduced in the book '' Please Understand Me''. The KTS is closely associated with the Myers–Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI); however, there are signif ...

, 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 acr ...

used in medieval and early modern Europe *

(1797–?), British Thoroughbred racehorse and sire *

Champion warfare Champion warfare refers to a type of battle, most commonly found in the epic poetry and myth of ancient history, in which the outcome of the conflict is determined by single combat, an individual duel between the best soldiers ("champions") from ...