Mauri Repo
Finnish sports coach (1945–2002) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Mauri Repo (31. January 1945 – 19. May 2002) was the head coach of the Finnish Workers' Sports Federation (Suomen Työväen Urheiluliitto, TUL) during 1981–1987. By profession he was a physical education teacher and for some time worked in the Jyväskylä city administration as director of the sports department. He is the first known person to write about nordic walking and considered its author.[1]