 Between 1901 and 1914, Champion won thirty-two New Zealand national titles, at one point holding the titles for every distance between and one mile (1.6 km).Champion was suspended at the end of 1902 by the national swimming association for failing to pay registration fees and was allowed to re-enter the sport in the southern summer of 1907-08.His suspension has often wrongly been called a life ban for professionalism.