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champion
ADJECTIVES/NOUN + champion
an Olympic champion
• She's a top international athlete and an Olympic champion.
the world champion
• At 22, he was the youngest world champion in the history of the game.
the defending/reigning champion
(= the present one )
• Cheah defeated the defending champion in the National Grand Prix.
a former champion
• The former champion suffered a bad defeat.
a junior champion
• The cycling team includes British junior champion, Andrew Wright.
a national champion
• At 16, Gallois is France's youngest national champion.
a boxing/tennis/golf etc champion
• The show will be opened by the former world boxing champion, Chris Eubank.
a heavyweight/middleweight/featherweight etc champion
(= one in a particular class of boxers, organized according to their weight )
• Graham's reign as middleweight champion ended last night.
the 100/200 etc metres champion
(= one in a running race )
• She's the world 3,000 metres champion.
verbs
become champion
• Every sportsperson dreams of becoming a world champion.
be crowned champion
(= become champion )
• In 2007, the Springboks were crowned the rugby champions of the world.
champion + NOUN
a champion swimmer/boxer/cyclist etc
• Lester Piggott is a former champion jockey.
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noun ADJ. great, supreme, undisputed | defending, reigning The reigning champion will defend her title tonight. | former | national, world | Olympic the Olympic skating champion | boxing, snooker, etc. VERB + CHAMPION become, be crowned He was crowned champion after his fight in Atlanta. CHAMPION + VERB defend her/his title CHAMPION + NOUN fighter, jockey, etc.
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