Olavi Vuorisalo

{{Short description|Finnish middle-distance runner (1933–2024)}}

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| nationality = Finnish

| sport = Middle-distance running

| event = 1500 metres

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| birth_date = {{birth date|1933|4|5|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Kaarina, Finland

| death_date = {{death date and age|2024|12|11|1933|4|5|df=yes}}

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Olavi Vuorisalo (5 April 1933 – 11 December 2024) was a Finnish middle-distance runner. He competed in the men's 1500 metres at the 1960 Summer Olympics.{{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/vu/olavi-vuorisalo-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417182515/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/vu/olavi-vuorisalo-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=17 April 2020 |title=Olavi Vuorisalo Olympic Results |access-date=29 October 2017}} Vuorisalo died on 11 December 2024, at the age of 91.{{cite news |title=Olavi Vuorisalo on kuollut |url=https://etusuora.com/uutiset/olavi-vuorisalo-on-kuollut#google_vignette |access-date=31 December 2024 |publisher=Etusuora}}