Please answer the following question: Simon Kuipers (born 9 August 1982 in Haarlem) is a Dutch speed skater. He won a 1500 meters World Cup competitions on 3 December 2005. It was his first World Cup victory. He participated in two events at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin finishing 23rd in the 500 metres and 4th in the 1500 metres less than four-tenths of a second off the podium as well as being the fastest Dutchman in that event. He officially retired in March 2012. 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