Given the question: Tamara Vasilyevna Lazakovich (Russian: ; 11 March 1954 1 November 1992) was an Soviet gymnast whose competed at the European World and Olympic level during the early 1970s. Described as a perky sparrow with a purity of line Lazakovich was spotted by her compatriate Olympic Champion before her Larisa Petrik in 1961 and brought to prominent coaches in the Belarussian system. 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