Please answer the following question: Jānis Krūmiņš (Russian: Янис Янович Круминьш; 30 January 1930 – 20 November 1994) was a Soviet Latvian center basketball player. Helped by his height (about 220 cm) he was the first giant center dominating under the European baskets for years. As a player of Soviet Union national basketball team Krumins won 3 gold medals at the 1959 1961 and 1963 European championships as well as 3 silver medals at the 1956 1960 and 1964 Olympic basketball tournaments. Given a list of categories: company, educational institution, artist, athlete, office holder, mean of transportation, building, natural place, village, animal, plant, album, film or written work, what category does the paragraph belong to?
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Athlete