Please answer the following question: Ronan (Ronnie) McCormack (born 27 April 1977) was a professional rugby union player from Ireland. He recently played provincial rugby for Leinster [1] [2] and club rugby for University College Dublin RFC.McCormack began his rugby career at St. Mary's College in Rathmines in Dublin winning both Leinster Junior and Senior cup medals. 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