Given the question: Johann Tschopp (born 1 July 1982 in Sierre) is a Swiss professional road bicycle racer for UCI Professional Continental Team IAM Cycling. He has been a professional since 2004 competing with the Phonak Bouygues Telecom and BMC Racing Team squads during which time he has raced twice in the Giro d'Italia. He is an especially good climber since he is lightweight (1.75 m 60 kg) and his training environment is mainly mountainous. 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