Please answer the following question: Rene Duverger (30 January 1911 16 August 1983) was a French weightlifter and Olympic champion. He won a gold medal at the 1932 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles. 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