Xu Shaoyang (born 9 February 1983) is a Chinese discus thrower. Her personal best is 63.29 metres achieved in October 2008 in Shijiazhuang.She was born in Shandong. She was very successful as a teenager as she won the gold medal at the 2000 World Junior Championships and the silver medal at the 2002 World Junior Championships. 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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