Given the question: Scott McLaughlin (born 10 June 1993) is a motor racing driver from Christchurch New Zealand currently competing in the International V8 Supercars Championship for Garry Rogers Motorsport and the New Zealand V8 SuperTourer Series. He is the youngest person to ever race a V8 supercar.McLaughlin won his first race in the New Zealand V8 touring car series early 2011 becoming the youngest ever driver to win a race in the Championship at just 17 years old. 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?
The answer is:
Athlete