Ludmila Belousova

Ludmila Yevgenyevna Belousova (Russian: Людмила Евгеньевна Белоусова; 22 November 1935 – 29 September 2017) was a Russian-Swiss pair skater. She was born in Ulyanovsk, Russian SFSR.

Ludmila Yevgenyevna Belousova
Belousova in October 1965
Personal information
Birth nameЛюдмила Евгеньевна Белоусова
Born22 November 1935
Ulyanovsk, Russian SFSR
Died29 September 2017(2017-09-29) (aged 81)
Interlaken, Switzerland

Career

Belousova 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.[1] They continued to skate at ice shows and exhibitions through their seventies.

Belousova died on 29 September 2017 in Interlaken, Switzerland at the age of 81.[2]

References
  1. Srebnitskaya, Daria (24 January 2002). Людмила Белоусова, Олег Протопопов: Нас прятали в швейцарских отелях [Lyudmila Belousova and Oleg Protopopov: We hid in a Swiss hotel]. Sovetsky Sport (in Russian). Archived from the original on 20 July 2012.
  2. "Two-time Soviet-era Olympic champion pair skater Ludmila Belousova passes away". Archived from the original on 2017-10-01. Retrieved 2017-09-30.

Other websites

Media related to Ludmila Belousova at Wikimedia Commons

This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.