Please answer the following question: Edward Jurkiewicz (born January 22 1948 in Pruszcz Gdański Poland) is a former Polish basketball player. A 1.95 tall Forward he led the 1971 Eurobasket in scoring averaging 22.6 points per game as a member of the Polish national basketball team. His performance earned him a selection in the All-Tournament Team. 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