Graeme Martin OAM is an Australian Paralympic sailor. He was born on 11 March 1949 in Perth Western Australia. Formerly a firefighter his left leg was amputated after an accident that occurred while he was fighting a fire caused by arson at a winery in the Perth suburb of Caversham. In 2000 he won the North American championship for disabled persons in St. Petersburg Florida with Noel Robins and Jamie Dunross in preparation for the 2000 Sydney Games. 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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