Oleg Protopopov

Oleg Alekseyevich Protopopov (Russian: Оле́г Алексе́евич Протопо́пов; born 16 July 1932)[1][2] is a former Russian-Swiss pair skater. He was born in Leningrad, Russian SFSR.

Protopopov in 1965

Protopopov represented the Soviet Union. With his wife Ludmila Belousova he is a two-time Olympic champion (1964, 1968) and four-time World champion (1965–1968).[3] In 1979 the pair defected to Switzerland and became Swiss citizens in 1995. They continued to skate at ice shows and exhibitions through their seventies.

References

  1. Oleg Protopopov and Lyudmila Belousova, Encyclopædia Britannica, retrieved 1 September 2011
  2. "Oleg Protopopov". ESPN. Retrieved 20 February 2011.
  3. "Oleg Protopopov". Sports-reference. 2011-02-19. Archived from the original on 2009-07-03. Retrieved 2018-04-02.

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