Oleg Protopopov
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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] 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.
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Full name | Oleg Alekseyevich Protopopov | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | (1932-07-16)16 July 1932 Leningrad, Russian SFSR, USSR | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Died | 31 October 2023(2023-10-31) (aged 91) Interlaken, Bern, Switzerland | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Country | Soviet Union | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Partner | Ludmila Belousova | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Retired | 1969 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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