Given the question: Pick one category for the following text. The options are - company, educational institution, artist, athlete, office holder, mean of transportation, building, natural place, village, animal, plant, album, film or written work. John McMahon (hurler) -  John McMahon (born 1950) is an Irish former hurler who played as a left corner-back for the Clare senior team.McMahon first joined the Clare team in the early 1970s and was a regular member of the starting fifteen over the course of the next decade.
The answer is:
Athlete