Arvo Peussa

{{short description|Finnish middle-distance runner}}

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| name = Arvo Peussa

| full_name = Aarne Aatami Peussa

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| nationality = Finnish

| sport = Middle-distance running

| event = 1500 metres

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| birth_date = {{birth date|1900|12|25|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Primorsk, Russia

| death_date = {{death date and age|1941|7|19|1900|12|25|df=yes}}

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Aarne Aatami "Arvo" Peussa (25 December 1900 – 19 July 1941) was a Finnish middle-distance runner.{{cite web|url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/67747 |title=Arvo Peussa |work=Olympedia |access-date=17 September 2021}} He competed in the men's 1500 metres at the 1924 Summer Olympics where he won his heat to come 9th in the final.{{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/pe/arvo-peussa-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417181639/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/pe/arvo-peussa-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=17 April 2020 |title=Arvo Peussa Olympic Results |accessdate=24 October 2017}} He was killed in action at age 40 in Russia during World War II.{{cite web |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/friv/lists.cgi?id=65 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417055433/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/friv/lists.cgi?id=65 |url-status=dead |archive-date=17 April 2020 |title=Olympians Who Were Killed or Missing in Action or Died as a Result of War |accessdate=24 July 2018 |work=Sports Reference}}