Given the question: Sabine Rantzsch (born 8 May 1953) is a retired East German swimmer. She competed at the 1968 Summer Olympics in the 800 m freestyle event but failed to reach the final. 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