Ludmila Belousova

Ludmila Belousova
Ludmila Belousova in 1965
Full nameLudmila Yevgenyevna Belousova
Born(1935-11-22)22 November 1935
Ulyanovsk, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Died26 September 2017(2017-09-26) (aged 81)
Interlaken, Bern, Switzerland
Height1.60 m (5 ft 3 in)
Figure skating career
Country Soviet Union
PartnerOleg Protopopov
Retired1969
Medal record
Representing  Soviet Union
Pairs' Figure skating
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 1968 Grenoble Pairs
Gold medal – first place 1964 Innsbruck Pairs
World Championships
Bronze medal – third place 1969 Colorado Springs Pairs
Gold medal – first place 1968 Geneva Pairs
Gold medal – first place 1967 Vienna Pairs
Gold medal – first place 1966 Davos Pairs
Gold medal – first place 1965 Colorado Springs Pairs
Silver medal – second place 1964 Dormund Pairs
Silver medal – second place 1963 Cortina d'Ampezzo Pairs
Silver medal – second place 1962 Prague Pairs
European Championships
Silver medal – second place 1969 Garmisch-Partenkirchen Pairs
Gold medal – first place 1968 Västerås Pairs
Gold medal – first place 1967 Ljubljana Pairs
Gold medal – first place 1966 Bratislava Pairs
Gold medal – first place 1965 Moscow Pairs
Silver medal – second place 1964 Grenoble Pairs
Silver medal – second place 1963 Budapest Pairs
Silver medal – second place 1962 Geneva Pairs
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Ludmila Yevgenyevna Belousova (Russian: Людмила Евгеньевна Белоусова; 22 November 1935[1] – 26 September 2017) was a Soviet and Russian pair skater who represented the Soviet Union. With her partner and husband Oleg Protopopov, she 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 through their seventies.

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