Grand National winner Bob Champion continues cancer fundraising
Former Grand National winner Bob Champion is continuing his long-standing commitment to cancer research fundraising following a recent diagnosis of bladder cancer. Champion, who previously survived testicular cancer, remains dedicated to the trust he established in 1983.
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The story highlights the intersection of sports history and personal advocacy in the ongoing global effort to improve cancer treatment outcomes.
Share Save Add as preferred on Google Amelia Reynolds and Neve Gordon-Farleigh Shaun Whitmore/BBC Earlier this year Bob Champion was diagnosed with bladder cancer and said he was "thankful" it had been caught early Eighteen months before Bob Champion won the Grand National in 1981, he was told he only had four months to live after being diagnosed with testicular cancer which had spread to his lungs.
Since then, Champion, who lives in Newmarket, Suffolk, has raised more than £17m through his cancer trust, which he established in 1983.
After undergoing treatment for bladder cancer earlier this year, he is determined to continue fundraising for cancer research.
Champion told BBC Look East: "I'm not saying we are going to cure all cancers but we are prolonging people's lives in a better way and hopefully one day we will eradicate cancer in some sort of way."
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