Oleg Protopopov

Oleg Protopopov
Protopopov in 1965
Personal information
Full nameOleg Alekseyevich Protopopov
Born(1932-07-16)16 July 1932
Died31 October 2023(2023-10-31) (aged 91)
Interlaken, Bern, Switzerland
Height1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Figure skating career
Country Soviet Union
PartnerLudmila Belousova
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

Oleg Alekseyevich Protopopov (Russian: Оле́г Алексе́евич Протопо́пов; 16 July 1932 – 31 October 2023) was a Russian pair skater who represented the Soviet Union. With his wife Ludmila Belousova he 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 until their seventies.