Question: Richard John Carey (born March 13 1963) is an American former competition swimmer three-time Olympic champion and former world record-holder in three events. Carey specialized in the backstroke. At the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles he won three gold medals. He broke nine world records five individually and also was a double world champion. He was named as the Swimmer of the Year in 1983 by Swimming World magazine. 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