Question: Christian Goethals (4 August 1928 in Heule 26 February 2003 in Kortrijk) was a racing driver from Belgium. Goethals competed as an amateur in sports car races driving a Porsche Spyder during the 1950s. His best results were a second place finish with his brother in the 1956 1500cc class event in Reims and a win in the same class the following year at Forez. Goethals acquired a Cooper-Climax and entered it in the Formula Two class of the 1958 German Grand Prix but retired from the race. 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