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Chamonix

Chamonix (Chamonix-Mont-Blanc), French Alpine town in Haute-Savoie at the foot of Mont Blanc; birthplace of mountaineering, host of the first Olympic Winter Games in 1924, founding site of FIS, and a major ski resort.

Champ Bailey

Champ Bailey (Roland Bailey II, born 1978), NFL cornerback for Washington and Denver 1999-2013; 12 Pro Bowls, 52 interceptions, 2006 league leader, first-ballot Pro Football Hall of Fame 2019.

Champion

Champion: a person or team that wins a competition, especially in sport; from Latin campus via medieval Latin campio. Covers world champions, Olympic champions (135 in judo 1964-2021), title formats, and prize money.

Champion Bumper

Champion Bumper (Weatherbys Champion Bumper), Grade 1 National Hunt Flat race over 2m 87y at the Cheltenham Festival, first run 1992, no obstacles jumped, record 14 wins for Willie Mullins, 2026 winner The Mourne Rambler.

Championnat National

Championnat National (National, Division 3), French third-division men's football league founded 1993 by the FFF; 18 clubs, 34 matchdays; replaced by the professional Ligue 3 from 2026-27.

Championnat National 2

Championnat National 2 (National 2, N2), France's fourth-tier men's football championship run by the FFF and LFA; founded 1993-94, CFA 1998-2017, 48 clubs in 3 groups of 16 from 2024-25, renamed National 1 in 2026-27.

Champions (2018 film)

Champions, known in Spanish as Campeones, is a 2018 Spanish comedy-drama directed by Javier Fesser in which a basketball coach serves community service training players with intellectual disabilities.

Champions (2023 film)

Champions is a 2023 American sports comedy directed by Bobby Farrelly, in which Woody Harrelson plays a coach sentenced to lead a Special Olympics basketball team.

Champions Hockey League

Champions Hockey League (CHL), Europe's premier annual club ice hockey competition, run since 2014 by CHL AG with 26 clubs, six leagues, and the IIHF; 24 teams, six-game regular season, aggregate-scoring playoffs, one-game final for the European Trophy.

Champions League Twenty20

Champions League Twenty20 (CLT20), a defunct international T20 club tournament run by BCCI, CA, and CSA from 2009 to 2014; six editions, won twice each by Chennai Super Kings and Mumbai Indians, discontinued in 2015 over limited public following.

Championship Auto Racing Teams

Championship Auto Racing Teams (CART), also Champ Car, was the US open-wheel racing sanctioning body formed by team owners leaving USAC in 1978, led the IndyCar series until its 2003 bankruptcy and 2008 merger with the IRL.

Champs-Élysées stage in the Tour de France

The Champs-Élysées stage is the Tour de France's final stage, held on the Paris avenue since 1975. First won by Walter Godefroot; Mark Cavendish holds four wins; since 2025 it includes three Montmartre climbs.

Chan Coulter

Chan Coulter (Charles Frank Coulter, 1901-1991), American hurdler, University of Iowa; set an AAU-ratified 53.2 world-best 400m/440yd hurdles record in 1924 and reached the Olympic semifinals at Paris 1924.

Chan Ho Park (박찬호)

Chan Ho Park (박찬호), born 1973 in Gongju, South Korea, first Korean-born MLB player (Dodgers, 1994), 2001 All-Star, career 124-98, 4.36 ERA, winningest Asian-born pitcher; later Athletics investor.

Chan Wah-shun (陈华顺)

Chan Wah-shun (陳華順, c. 1849–1913), 'Money-Changer Wah,' was a late Qing Wing Chun teacher of Foshan and Shunde, student of Leung Jan, first public Wing Chun teacher, and Ip Man's first instructor.

Chanathip Songkrasin

Chanathip Songkrasin (ชนาธิป สรงกระสินธ์), the 'Thai Messi', born 1993, is a Thai attacking midfielder/left winger for BG Pathum United; formerly Consadole Sapporo and Kawasaki Frontale, 75 Thailand caps, four AFF Championship titles.

Chance Marsteller

Chance Marsteller (born 1995) is an American freestyle wrestler, 166-0 four-time Pennsylvania state champion, two-time NCAA All-American for Lock Haven, and 2023 U.S. world team member at 79 kg after beating Jordan Burroughs at Final X.

Chancel Mbemba

Chancel Mbemba (Chancel Mbemba Mangulu), born 1994 in Kinshasa, is a Congolese centre-back and DR Congo captain and record cap holder (107), ex-Anderlecht, Newcastle, Porto, Marseille, Lille, now Al-Diriyah.

Chandelure (シャンデラ)

Chandelure (シャンデラ, Chandela), the Luring Pokémon, #609, is a Ghost/Fire final evolution of Litwick introduced in Gen V, with 520 BST, huge Special Attack, low Speed, and a Legends: Z-A Mega Evolution.

Chandler Egan

Chandler Egan (Henry Chandler Egan, 1884-1936), American amateur golfer: 1904 Olympic individual silver and team gold, U.S. Amateur 1904-05, Western Amateur four times, later a Pacific Northwest golf course architect.

Chandler Jones

Chandler Jones, NFL defensive end (Patriots 2012-15, Cardinals 2016-21, Raiders 2022-23), 112 career sacks, 2017 sacks leader, 2019 All-Pro with 19 sacks; released by Raiders September 2023 after domestic violence protection order arrest.

Chandler Parsons

Chandler Parsons, NBA forward (2011-2020) for the Rockets, Mavericks, Grizzlies, and Hawks; 38th pick in 2011 out of Florida, 2011 SEC Player of the Year, career 12.7 points per game, known for his $46M Dallas and ~$94M Memphis contracts.

Chandler Rivers

Chandler Rivers (born 2003) is an American NFL cornerback from Beaumont, Texas, drafted No. 162 overall in 2026 by the Baltimore Ravens after four years at Duke, where he was first-team All-ACC in 2024 and ran a 4.40-second 40-yard dash.

Chandler Whitmer

Chandler Whitmer (born 1991) is an American football coach, Tampa Bay Buccaneers quarterbacks coach from 2026, formerly Indiana co-offensive coordinator who tutored Heisman winner Fernando Mendoza.

Chandra Cheeseborough

Chandra Cheeseborough (born 1959, Jacksonville, Florida) is an American sprinter and coach; 1984 Olympic gold medalist in both the 4x100 and 4x400 relays, silver in the 400 m, and TSU track director.

Chandra Crawford

Chandra Crawford (born 1983, Canmore, Alberta) is a Canadian cross-country skier, Olympic gold medalist in the freestyle sprint at Turin 2006, three-time Olympian, and founder of Fast and Female.

Chandro Tomar (चंद्रो तोमर)

Chandro Tomar (चंद्रो तोमर), "Shooter Dadi", Indian sharpshooter from Johri, Uttar Pradesh, who began shooting at 65, won over 25 national championship medals, inspired Saand Ki Aankh, and died of COVID-19 in 2021 aged 89.

Chang Hao

Chang Hao is the shared name of two Chinese athletes: a Taiwanese windsurfer born in 1990 and a Chinese artistic swimmer who won gold at the 2024 Paris Olympics.

Chang Xing

Chang Xing (長行, Changhang, changxing ju) was a medieval Chinese board game of the backgammon family, descended from Wo Shuo and Shuanglu, with fifteen black and fifteen yellow pieces and two dice; it faded after the Tang dynasty.

Chang Yani

Chang Yani (昌雅妮), born 2001 in Xiantao, Hubei, is a Chinese 3m springboard diver. She won 3m synchro gold and individual 3m bronze at Paris 2024 with Chen Yiwen, plus five world titles.