Pentti Laaksonen

{{short description|Finnish basketball player}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2018}}

{{Infobox sportsperson

| name = Pentti Laaksonen

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| nationality = Finnish

| sport = Basketball

| birth_date = {{birth date|1929|1|13|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Helsinki, Finland

| death_date = {{death date and age|2005|4|29|1929|1|13|df=yes}}

| death_place = Montebello, Spain

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Pentti Laaksonen (13 January 1929 – 29 April 2005) was a Finnish basketball player. He competed in the men's tournament at the 1952 Summer Olympics.{{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/la/pentti-laaksonen-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417182839/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/la/pentti-laaksonen-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=17 April 2020 |title=Pentti Laaksonen Olympic Results |access-date=17 June 2018}} Laaksonen lived his last years in Spain.{{cite web |url=https://www.basket.fi/basket/uutiset/olympiakoripalloilija-pentti-laaksonen-kuollut/ |title=Olympiakoripalloilija Pentti Laaksonen kuollut |last1= |first1= |date=2 June 2005 |website=Basket.fi |publisher=Finnish Basketball Association |language=fi |access-date=10 May 2019}}