Answer the following question: Mark Richard Hunt (born 23 March 1974) is a New Zealander mixed martial artist and former kickboxer of Samoan descent currently living in Sydney Australia. Hunt competes in the Ultimate Fighting Championship. He is the winner of the 2001 K-1 World Grand Prix. Hunt was the first to beat Wanderlei Silva after his 4 year undefeated winning streak in Pride Fighting Championship.As of 3 February 2014 he is #9 in official UFC heavyweight rankings. 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