# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/albert-champion
# Generated: 2026-08-13T09:49:57.256Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/albert-champion"
name: "Albert Champion"
slug: "albert-champion"
description: "Albert Champion was a French track bicycle racer and later an industrialist who won the 1899 Paris–Roubaix. In 1905 he incorporated the Albert Champion Company in Boston to make porcelain spark plugs with his name on them. Three years later founded the Champion Ignition Company in Flint, Michigan. In 1922 he changed the name to AC Spark Plug Company, after his initials, to settle out of court with his original partners in the Albert Champion Company. The company is now known as ACDelco and is owned by General Motors."
tagline: "Road bicycle racer (1878–1927)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Albert_Champion.JPG?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "France"
  isoCode: "FR"
category:
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  slug: "athletes"
profileType:
  name: "Athlete"
  slug: "athlete"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2066131"
birthDate: "1878-04-05"
deathDate: "1927-10-27"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             0
  historical:           11.35428533333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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    title: "Albert Champion"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_Champion_(cyclist)"
    title: "Albert Champion (cyclist)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_Champion"
    title: "Albert Champion"
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    title: "Albert Champion"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump