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athlete is a type of:

• contestant (noun) - a person who participates in competitions

types of athlete:

• Olympian (noun) - an athlete who participates in the Olympic games
• acrobat (noun) - an athlete who performs acts requiring skill and agility and coordination
• amateur (noun) - an athlete who does not play for pay
• ball hawk (noun) - a team athlete who is skilled at stealing or catching the ball
• ballplayer, baseball player (noun) - an athlete who plays baseball

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• basketball player, basketeer, cager (noun) - an athlete who plays basketball
• climber (noun) - someone who climbs as a sport
• cricketer (noun) - an athlete who plays cricket
• football player, footballer (noun) - an athlete who plays American football
• gymnast (noun) - an athlete who is skilled in gymnastics
• hockey player, ice-hockey player (noun) - an athlete who plays hockey
• hooker (noun) - (rugby) the player in the middle of the front row of the scrum who tries to capture the ball with the foot
• hurdler (noun) - an athlete who runs the hurdles
• jumper (noun) - an athlete who competes at jumping
• lacrosse player (noun) - an athlete who plays lacrosse
• letterman (noun) - an athlete who has earned a letter in a school sport
• pentathlete (noun) - an athlete who competes in a pentathlon
• professional, pro (noun) - an athlete who plays for pay
• runner (noun) - a trained athlete who competes in foot races
• sharpshooter (noun) - an athlete noted for accurate aim
• shot putter (noun) - an athlete who competes in the shot put
• skater (noun) - someone who skates
• skier (noun) - someone who skis
• sledder (noun) - someone who rides a sled
• soccer player (noun) - an athlete who plays soccer
• sport, sportsman, sportswoman (noun) - someone who engages in sports
• striker (noun) - a forward on a soccer team
• substitute, reserve, second-stringer (noun) - an athlete who plays only when a starter on the team is replaced
• swimmer (noun) - a trained athlete who participates in swimming meets
• swinger (noun) - someone who swings sports implements
• tennis player (noun) - an athlete who plays tennis
• vaulter, pole vaulter, pole jumper (noun) - an athlete who jumps over a high crossbar with the aid of a long pole
• weightlifter, lifter (noun) - an athlete who lifts barbells
• winger (noun) - (sports) player in wing position

instances of athlete:

• Fosbury, Dick Fosbury, Richard D. Fosbury (noun) - United States athlete who revolutionized the high jump by introducing the Fosbury flop in the 1968 Olympics (born in 1947)
• Mathias, Bob Mathias, Robert Bruce Mathias (noun) - United States athlete who won Olympic gold medals in the decathlon (born in 1930)
• Owens, Jesse Owens, James Cleveland Owens (noun) - United States athlete and Black American whose success in the 1936 Olympic Games in Berlin outraged Hitler (1913-1980)
• Thorpe, Jim Thorpe, James Francis Thorpe (noun) - outstanding United States athlete (1888-1953)
• Zaharias, Babe Zaharias, Didrikson, Babe Didrikson, Mildred Ella Didrikson, Mildred Ella Didrikson Zaharias (noun) - outstanding United States athlete (1914-1956)

athlete is derivationally related to:

• athletic (adjective) - relating to or befitting athletics or athletes