Q:Joseph Andre Claude Cardin (born February 17 1941 in Sorel-Tracy Quebec) is a Canadian former ice hockey left winger.Cardin was signed by the Montreal Canadiens but was traded to the St. Louis Blues and played just one game in the National Hockey League for the during their inaugural 196768 NHL season having spent much of his tenure with the Kansas City Blues. 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