Ludmila Belousova

Ludmila Belousova
Ludmila Belousova in 1965
Personal information
Full nameLudmila Yevgenyevna Belousova
Born(1935-11-22)22 November 1935
Ulyanovsk, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Died26 September 2017(2017-09-26) (aged 81)
Interlaken, Bern, Switzerland
Height1.60 m (5 ft 3 in)
Figure skating career
Country Soviet Union
PartnerOleg Protopopov
Retired1969
Medal record
Representing  Soviet Union
Pairs' Figure skating
Olympic Games
1968 Grenoble Pairs
1964 Innsbruck Pairs
World Championships
1969 Colorado Springs Pairs
1968 Geneva Pairs
1967 Vienna Pairs
1966 Davos Pairs
1965 Colorado Springs Pairs
1964 Dormund Pairs
1963 Cortina d'Ampezzo Pairs
1962 Prague Pairs
European Championships
1969 Garmisch-Partenkirchen Pairs
1968 Västerås Pairs
1967 Ljubljana Pairs
1966 Bratislava Pairs
1965 Moscow Pairs
1964 Grenoble Pairs
1963 Budapest Pairs
1962 Geneva Pairs

Ludmila Yevgenyevna Belousova (Russian: Людмила Евгеньевна Белоусова; 22 November 1935 – 26 September 2017) was a Soviet and Russian pair skater who represented the Soviet Union. With her partner and husband Oleg Protopopov, she was a two-time Olympic champion (1964, 1968) and four-time World champion (1965–1968). 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.