What is Oleg Protopopov?
[[File:Oleg Protopopov 1965.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Protopopov in 1965]] '''Oleg Alekseyevich Protopopov''' ({{lang-ru|link=no|Оле́г Алексе́евич Протопо́пов}}; 16 July 1932 &ndash; 3 November 2023)<ref name=britannica/><ref name=espn/> was a [[Russia]]n-[[Swiss]] [[Pair skating|pair skater]]. He was born in [[Saint Petersburg|Leningrad]], [[Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic|Russian SFSR]]. Protopopov represented the Soviet Union. With his wife [[Ludmila Belousova]] he is a two-time [[Olympic Winter Games|Olympic champion]] (1964, 1968) and four-time [[World Figure Skating Championships|World champion]] (1965–1968).<ref name=sportsref/> 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. Protopopov died on 3 November 2023 in [[Grindelwald]], [[Switzerland]] at aged 91.<ref>[https://m.sports.ru/figure-skating/1115611809-dvukratnyj-olimpijskij-chempion-oleg-protopopov-skonchalsya-na-92-m-go.html?ysclid=loir1bf16s3737708 Двукратный олимпийский чемпион Олег Протопопов скончался на 92-м году жизни] {{in lang|ru}}</ref> ==Related pages== *[[The Protopopovs]] == References == {{Reflist|35em|refs= <ref name=britannica>{{Citation | url = http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/1404138/Oleg-Protopopov-and-Lyudmila-Belousova | title = Oleg Protopopov and Lyudmila Belousova | publisher = [[Encyclopædia Britannica]] | access-date =1 September 2011 }}</ref> <ref name=espn>{{cite web |url=http://espn.go.com/olympics/winter/2010/athletes/_/athlete/33369/oleg-protopopov |title=Oleg Protopopov |publisher=ESPN | access-date=20 February 2011}}</ref> <ref name=sportsref>{{Cite web|title=Oleg Protopopov|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/pr/oleg-protopopov-1.html|date=2011-02-19|publisher=Sports-reference|access-date=2018-04-02|archive-date=2009-07-03|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090703103553/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/pr/oleg-protopopov-1.html|url-status=dead}}<