Oleg Alekseyevich Protopopov (Russian: Оле́г Алексе́евич Протопо́пов; 16 July 1932 – 3 November 2023) was a Russian pair skater who 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). 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.
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Oleg Alekseyevich Protopopov 16 June 1932 Saint Petersburg, Russia
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Died |
3 October 2023 (aged 91)
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Zodiac | Gemini |
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