Please answer the following question: Sandra Kaye Bennett more recently known as Sandy Hitchcock (born 25 May 1972 in Dargaville New Zealand) is a former field hockey player who represented New Zealand at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney and at the 1998 Commonwealth Games in Kuala Lumpur and the 2002 Commonwealth Games in Manchester. 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