Ask for advice-should "sporter" be translated as "athlete", "sportsman" or "athlete"?

Actually, sporter means sporting goods.

Generally, professional athletes are described as athletes.

Also, although sporter has two meanings: athlete and sporting goods, it should be divided into different occasions.

For example:

He is an athlete, which of course means an athlete. This means that he is an athlete.

I am going to buy some sports shoes. This is sporting goods. I want to buy some sporting goods.

Let me give you another example.

For example, Cook means cooking.

But cooker is not a cook! ! Cooking utensils = kitchen utensils, or cooking utensils. If someone is a cook: he is a cook, the translation is: he is a kitchen utensil! Isn't this ridiculous and generous?

Although er is mostly human, not all cases, such as cooker and sporter, are not human.

I hope your English will improve!