champion
noun
a person who has defeated all opponents in a competition or series of competitions, so as to hold first place.
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
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I would never say of those great writers whose work clearly falls outside the category of non-redemptive, even anathematising black-heartedness I am championing that they make us "feel good".
From The Guardian ● Oct. 5, 2012