Given the question: Steve Hegg -  Steve Edward Hegg (born December 3 1963 in Dana Point California) is a retired track cyclist and road bicycle racer from the United States who was a professional rider from 1988 to 2000. Given a choice of categories company, educational institution, artist, athlete, office holder, mean of transportation, building, natural place, village, animal, plant, album, film or written work, the text refers to which one?
The answer is:
Athlete