Robert Champion CBE (born 4 June 1948) is an English former jump jockey, who won the 1981 Grand National on Aldaniti.

He was treated with an orchidectomy and with the chemotherapeutic drugs bleomycin, vinblastine and cisplatin, and also had an exploratory operation to identify cancer in his lymph nodes.

[1] Other major races that Champion won during his career include the Hennessy Cognac Gold Cup and the Whitbread Trial Chase.

[1] He was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the 2021 New Year Honours for services to prostate and testicular cancer research.

[8] The Bob Champion Research and Education Building which is part of the University of East Anglia campus is named after him.