Oleg Protopopov
The Protopopovs in 1966. |
| Personal information |
| Country represented: |
 Soviet Union |
| Date of birth: |
June 16, 1932 (1932-06-16) (age 77) |
| Partner: |
Ludmila Belousova |
| Former partner: |
Margarita Bogoyavlenskaya |
| Former coach: |
Igor Moskvin |
Oleg Alekseyevich Protopopov (Russian: Олег Алексеевич Протопопов) (b. 16 June 1932, in Leningrad (now St. Petersburg), Russia is a Russian-born figure skater. With his partner Ludmila Belousova, Protopopov won two gold medals in pairs at the Olympic Winter Games in 1964, in Innsbruck, Austria, and 1968, in Grenoble, and four World Championships in 1965, 1966, 1967 and 1968.[citation needed]
On 24 September 1979, while Protopopov was touring in Europe, he defected with his partner Ludmila Belousova to Switzerland where they applied for political asylum. He currently lives in Switzerland.[1]
References
- ^ "Scooting Away on Skates", Time, 1979-10-08, http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,916884,00.html, retrieved 2009-05-01
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