Answer the following question: Simon Dahl (born February 6 1975 in Skovde) is a beach volleyball player from Sweden who competed in two consecutive Summer Olympics for his native country starting in 2000. In both tournaments he teamed up with Bjorn Berg. He's a resident of Stockholm. 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