athlete
person who participates regularly in a sport
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Summary
athlete is an occupation[1]. athlete draws 3,543 Wikipedia views per month (occupation category, ranking #133 of 676).[2]
Key Facts
- Instance of: profession[3]
- Subclass of: sportsperson[4]
- Commons category: Sportspeople[5]
- Patron saint: Saint Sebastian[6]
- Field of this occupation: sport[7], women's sports[8], men's sports[9]
- Topic's main category: Category:Sports competitors[10]
- Depicted by: Amelung Athlete[11], An Athlete Wrestling with a Python[12], Head of an athlete[13], Head of athlete, Albani-Loukou type[14], Lucanian red figure bell-krater - Woman between athletes[15]
- Described by source: Metropolitan Museum of Art Tagging Vocabulary[16], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[17], Encyclopædia Britannica Ninth Edition[18]
- Topic has template: Template:Infobox sportsperson[19], Template:Infobox sportsperson 2[20]
- Different from: athletics competitor[21]
- Uses: sports equipment[22]
- Female form of label: رياضية[23], deportista[24], спартсменка[25], спартоўка[26], sportourez[27], esportista[28], sportovkyně[29], sportsudøver[30], Sportlerin[31], sportswoman[32], atletino[33], sportive[34], αθλήτρια[35], ספורטאית[36]
- Male form of label: Sportler[37], sportsman[38], sportif[39], atletulo[40]
Why It Matters
athlete has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[41] athlete is known by 82 alternative names across languages and contexts.[42]