Periklis Iakovakis (Greek: [periklis iakovacis] born 24 March 1979 in Patras) is a Greek athlete mainly competing in 400 metres hurdles. He is the Greek record holder with a time of 47.82 seconds and fifteen times national champion in the event.He has competed at three Summer Olympics (2000 2004 2008) and is a six-time participant at the World Championships in Athletics. He was the world bronze medallist in 2003 and the European champion in 2006. 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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