Given the question: Markus Salcher (born June 1 1991) is a Austrian alpine skier and Paralympic Champion.He competed in the 2014 Winter Paralympics in Sochi Russia where he won two gold medals. 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