Lauri Kettunen (12 February 1905 – 15 August 1941) was a Finnish fencer and

modern pentathlete The modern pentathlon is an Olympic sport consisting of fencing (one-touch épée), freestyle swimming, equestrian show jumping, pistol shooting, and cross country running. The event is inspired by the traditional pentathlon held during the anc ...

. He competed at the

1928 Events January * January – British bacteriologist Frederick Griffith reports the results of Griffith's experiment, indirectly proving the existence of DNA. * January 1 – Eastern Bloc emigration and defection: Boris Bazhan ...

and 1936 Summer Olympics. He was an officer in the Finnish army reaching the rank of major. He died during the

Continuation War The Continuation War, also known as the Second Soviet-Finnish War, was a conflict fought by Finland and Nazi Germany against the Soviet Union from 1941 to 1944, as part of World War II.; sv, fortsättningskriget; german: Fortsetzungskrieg. A ...

while fighting along the Finnish III Corps in Kiestinki.

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* 1905 births 1941 deaths People from Kamennogorsk People from Viipuri Province (Grand Duchy of Finland) Finnish male épée fencers Finnish male modern pentathletes Olympic fencers of Finland Olympic modern pentathletes of Finland Fencers at the 1928 Summer Olympics Modern pentathletes at the 1928 Summer Olympics Modern pentathletes at the 1936 Summer Olympics Finnish military personnel killed in World War II {{Finland-modern-pentathlon-bio-stub