Barry Ditchburn was a British Grand Prix motorcycle road racer. His best year was in 1977 when he finished in 11th place in the 250cc world championship as a team-mate to Kork Ballington and Mick Grant on the Kawasaki factory racing team. 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