Please answer the following question: Jirka Letzin (born February 8 1971 in Neubrandenburg) is a retired backstroke and medley swimmer from Germany. He won his first major title in 1994 at the European Short Course Championships in Stavanger. He represented his native country at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney Australia finishing in 9th place in the men's 400 m individual medley. 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