Sasha Milbeck

While there are many great examples of people whose lives are the epitome of what it means to be a champion, we have selected five examples of people who truly define what it means to be a champion.

Simone Biles is a champion, a gold-medalist and a champion for female empowerment on a worldwide stage. Thousands of little girls look to her, as she shows what women are capable of when given the chance.“I’m not the next Usain Bolt, or Michael Phelps. I’m the first Simone Biles,” Biles said. Simone Biles is more than a champion, she is a super woman.

Malala Yousafzai is a women’s right activist that has overcome so many challenges it would be unreasonable to not think of her as a champion. After getting shot directly in the head simply because she wanted to attend school. Malala has gone on to be the youngest person to ever win a nobel peace prize. “All I want is an education, and I am afraid of no one,” Yousafzai said.

Doctor Maya Angelou was a poet and everyone today deserves to know it. Angelou was a woman who not only a champion for civil rights but also someone who was a champion for women’s rights. “You may write me down in history with your bitter, twisted lines. You may trod me in the very dirt, but still, like dust, I’ll rise,” Angelou said.

Robin Williams was a comedian that could make anyone laugh. The question regarding Williams was, what couldn’t he do? Robin was a champion in that when he died, a little piece of history died with him. “No matter what people tell you, words and ideas can change the world,” Williams said.

Grieving the loss of her mother, dealing with a divorce, struggling to find employment and desperately trying to feed her two daughters, Rowling hit rock bottom while attempting to complete her famous novel- Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone. Rather than allowing these adversities to be stumbling blocks, she used them as stepping stones to achieve greatness. Rowling, the world-renowned author of the Harry Potter series, never gave up on herself or her dreams, despite the countless obstacles she faced, and that is why she will always be a hero. “We do not need magic to transform our world. We carry all the power we need inside ourselves already. We have the power to imagine better,” Rowling said.