Please answer the following question: John Dowling (19301998) was an Irish sportsperson. He played Gaelic football at club level with the local Kerins O'Rahilly's side and was a member of the Kerry senior inter-county team from the 1954 until 1961. Dowling captained Kerry to the All-Ireland title in 1955. He won Munster and All Ireland Junior Medals with Kerry in 1949. He also won a Munster Minor Championship medal in 1948. 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