Question: Earlene Brown (née Dennis; June 11 1935 – May 1st 1983) was a U.S. African American athlete notable for her careers in the sports of track and field and roller games. Brown was born in Latexo Texas. 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?
Answer:
Athlete