Q:Alice Regina Brown (born September 20 1960) is a retired American sprinter. She was a silver medalist in the 1984 Olympic 100m final in a time of 11.13 seconds. 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