Q:Mary Rose Thacker (April 9 1922 July 1983) is a former Canadian singles figure skater and is a three-time (1939 19411942) national and two-time (1939 and 1941) North American champion. She began skating at the Winnipeg skating club at three years old. At 16 years old in 1939 she won both the national and North American titles. She retired as a competitive skater in 1942 and became a coach. She started a skating school in British Columbia in 1947 and trained skaters for the next 35 years. 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