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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). [ 1 ]
Nov 8, 2023 · By Frank Litsky. Nov. 8, 2023. Oleg Protopopov, who, with his wife, Ludmila Belousova, revolutionized pairs figure skating in the 1960s with a balletic style, and who twice won Olympic gold medals ...
The first of the great Soviet pairs figure skaters, Oleg Protopopov and Lyudmila Belousova won gold medals at the 1964 and 1968 Winter Games. They became the first couple in history to hold back-to-back Olympic titles. The pair were also known as the Protopopovs. Oleg Protopopov was born on July 16, 1932, in Leningrad (now St. Petersburg), Russia.
Feb 12, 2014 · As a boy of 9, Oleg Protopopov lived in Leningrad, now St. Petersburg, when Germany began its long and brutal siege of the city in 1941. He said he resorted to eating blocks of wood glue to ...
Nov 3, 2023 · Oleg Protopopov, who with wife Ludmila Belousova won the first two Olympic pairs’ figure skating titles of the Soviet dynasty, died at age 91, according to Russia’s figure skating federation. Protopopov and Belousova got married in 1957, then in 1964 and 1968 won the first two of 12 consecutive Olympic pairs’ titles for Soviet or Russian figure skaters.
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Sep 20, 1997 · Interview with Oleg Protopopov, 65, and Lyudmila Protopopov, 62, Olympic pairs champions in 1964 and 1968, who hope to perform at 1998 Winter Games; couple, who competed for Soviet Union and later ...
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Oleg Protopopov first skated pairs with Margarita Bogoyavlenskaya and won two bronzes at the Soviet Championships in 1953 and 1954 with her, before he began skating with Lyudmila Belousova in 1954, the couple marrying in 1957. They won a bronze (1955) and four silvers (1957-59, 1961) behind Nina and Stanislav Zhuk, before winning six titles ...
