Lauri Kettunen

{{short description|Finnish fencer}}

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| birth_date = {{birth date|1905|2|12|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Antrea, Grand Duchy of Finland, Russian Empire

| death_date = {{death date and age|1941|8|15|1905|2|12|df=yes}}

| death_place = Helsinki, Finland

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| sport = Fencing, modern pentathlon

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Lauri Kettunen (12 February 1905 – 15 August 1941) was a Finnish fencer and modern pentathlete. He competed at the 1928 and 1936 Summer Olympics.{{cite web |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ke/lauri-kettunen-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417175729/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ke/lauri-kettunen-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=2020-04-17 |title=Lauri Kettunen Olympic Results |accessdate=2010-03-23 |work=sports-reference.com}} He was an officer in the Finnish army reaching the rank of major. He died during the Continuation War while fighting along the Finnish III Corps in Kiestinki.{{Cite web|url = http://kronos.narc.fi/menehtyneet/index.php?id=8798&raportti=1|title = Arkistolaitos - Suomen sodissa 1939-1945 menehtyneet|language = Finnish}}{{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}}