Question: Robert Thompson (28 September 1882 – 1974) was a Scottish road racing cyclist who competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics.Thompson was born in Coldstream in the Scottish Borders.In 1912 he was a member of the Scotland cycling team which finished fourth in the team time trial. In the individual time trial he finished 24th. 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