Please answer the following question: Carmaine Walker (born 5 November 1979) is a former English footballer who represented England women's national football team. A tall and powerful striker Walker won the FA Women's Cup once and the Premier League twice with home town club Croydon. 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