A champion (identical to the French, from the late Latin campio) is one who has repeatedly come out first among contestants in challenges (especially the winner of a tournament or other competition) or other test, one who is outstandingly skilled in their field. Olympic Gold Medalists, for example, Lindsay Davenport or Jean Claude Killy, are champions in this sense. The term can be applied to animals too, in particular racehorses, eg, Secretariat or Phar Lap.

In sports, a champion is the athlete or team in first place at the end of a season of organized competition (and, if applicable, any associated playoffs). It is for this reason that such competitions are often called championships. 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 soccer. Their champions can be accordingly styled, e.g. national champion, world champion. In certain disciplines, there are specific titles for champions, either descriptive, as the baspehlivan in Turkish oil wrestling, or copied from real life, such as the koning and keizer ('king' and 'emperor') in traditional archery competions (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 victor of it a champion. Thus, there are championships for many non-sporting competitions: spelling bees, wargames, dog breeding, etc.

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Whitewater are division III football champions!
chadleton (chadleton) Sun, 20 Dec 2009 02:44:26 -0000
Whitewater are division III football champions!
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AllSportPosters (Sports Posters) Sun, 20 Dec 2009 02:27:21 -0000
#giants #nfl #football #poster -- New York Giants Super Bowl XLII Champions Wall Poster 2 http://ow.ly/16bv0x
Sport1 laat weer eens een champions league finale zien!! Dan maar american football op espn kijken!
latif4president (Latif Marcel Wooter) Sun, 20 Dec 2009 01:29:36 -0000
Sport1 laat weer eens een champions league finale zien!! Dan maar american football op espn kijken!
Congratulations to the NCAA division 3 football Champions from Wisconsin-Whitewater. They beat Mount Union 38-28 to take the National title.
ScottSkiba (Scott Skiba) Sun, 20 Dec 2009 01:23:46 -0000
Congratulations to the NCAA division 3 football Champions from Wisconsin-Whitewater. They beat Mount Union 38-28 to take the National title.
UW-Whitewater 35 V Mount Union 28 (final) we ARE national D3 football champions!! GO HAWKS
WarhawkGuy (Randy Massoglia) Sun, 20 Dec 2009 00:47:17 -0000
UW-Whitewater 35 V Mount Union 28 (final) we ARE national D3 football champions!! GO HAWKS
CONGRATULATIONS UW-Whitewater Warhawks! 2009 D3 NCAA National Football Champions!!! Way to go!
UWWCOE (UWW Education) Sun, 20 Dec 2009 00:34:21 -0000
CONGRATULATIONS UW-Whitewater Warhawks! 2009 D3 NCAA National Football Champions!!! Way to go!

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