About

Champion Sports has been manufacturing high quality sports, fitness and physical education equipment for over 60 years.

Founded in 1961 by husband and wife team, Bernard and Dolores Meller, Champion Sports originated in Bronx, NY. Bernard Meller (1918–2013) crafted his first piece of handmade sports equipment, the leather boxing rope with wooden handles. Bernard and Dolores worked side-by-side to create and run the business; which at that time was headquartered in their apartment building’s basement. While Bernard was busy hand crafting jump ropes; Dolores took care of the business’s finances. Their tireless hard work led to further ideas, and those ideas manifested into the sourcing and procurement of a wide variety of products. In their ambition to expand upon a dream, they decided to open their first location in lower Manhattan; Champion Sports became a household name within a family owned operation.