Marja Heikkila (born September 12 1977 in Haapajarvi) is a former freestyle swimmer from Finland who competed for her native country at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta Georgia. There she finished in 16th place with the 4100 m freestyle relay team alongside Paula Harmokivi Marja Parssinen and Minna Salmela. 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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