Anatole Winston Thomas (born 26 March 1970) is a former English cricketer. Thomas was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm fast. He was born in Hammersmith London.Thomas made his debut for Buckinghamshire in the 1993 Minor Counties Championship against Suffolk. Thomas played Minor counties cricket for Buckinghamshire from 1996 to 2006 which included 27 Minor Counties Championship matches and 8 MCCA Knockout Trophy matches. 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 to this question is:
Athlete