Given the question: Ali Haidar (in Arabic ) (born in Lebanon on 20 July 1990) is a Canadian basketball player of Lebanese origin. The 6'7 forward plays in Michigan Technological University's (MTU) Michigan Tech Huskies Men's basketball program in NCAA Division II. 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