Q:Ylva Hjordis Sofia Nowen (born 5 January 1970 in Ostersund) is a Swedish former alpine skier who competed in the 1992 1994 1998 and 2002 Winter Olympics. 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