Eamonn Christopher Coghlan (born 21 November 1952) is an Irish Senator and former athlete who specialised in middle distance track events and the 5000 metres. He is a 3-time Olympian and former World Champion in the 5000 m.Born in Drimnagh a successful amateur running career in Ireland led to a scholarship in the United States where he won four NCAA titles in track running and ran a sub-four-minute mile to set an Irish record at 22 years of age. 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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