Question: Jeroen Smits (born 21 June 1972) is a former Dutch cricketer. He is a right-handed batsman who usually occupies the position of wicketkeeper.For many years since his debut in cricket's ICC Trophy on 20 February 1994 Smits has been backup keeper to Reinout Scholte and called upon when and where necessary. Since 2002 he has involved himself in Dutch league games. 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