Please answer the following question: Angela Denise Coughlan O.Ont. (October 4 1952 – June 14 2009) was a Canadian swimmer. At the peak of her competitive swimming career from 1968 to 1971 she was the best Canadian female freestyle specialist going undefeated in freestyle events at Canadian meets during that time as well as breaking a world record and 13 Canadian records. 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