Antero Verto has died, reports Ilta-Sanomat.
Antero Verto participated in Nykänen’s blessing ceremony in March 2019. Magazine photo
Matti Nykänen a sports influencer who worked as a manager Antero Verto has died at the age of 83, reports Evening News.
During his life, Verto influenced sports in many ways, but he is best remembered as Nykänen’s manager. He ran that laundry from 1982 to 1992.
There were a lot of suitors around Nykänen, but over the years Verto was praised as a competent case manager.
– He (Nykänen) considered my family and me as his second father. He thought he belonged to our family, Verto said in February 2019 To Yle After I wince
In 1990, Nykänen lived with his then wife Pia Hynnien with me for a long time in Verto’s detached house in Metsämaa.
– For half a year, he dressed, jumped and trained. I have seen the boy up close, Verto told Yle.
Verto and Nykänen kept in touch until Nykänen’s last months of life.