Oleg Protopopov

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Figure skating
Olympic medal record
Gold	1964 Innsbruck	Pairs
Gold	1968 Grenoble	Pairs

Oleg Alekseyevich Protopopov (Russian: Олег Алексеевич Протопопов) (b. June 16, 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.

In September 24, 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.

Olympic champions in figure skating - Pairs

1908: Anna Hübler & Heinrich Burger | 1920: Ludowika Jakobsson & Walter Jakobsson | 1924: Helene Engelmann & Alfred Berger | 1928: Andrée Joly & Pierre Brunet | 1932: Andrée Brunet & Pierre Brunet | 1936: Maxi Herber & Ernst Baier | 1948: Micheline Lannoy & Pierre Baugniet | 1952: Ria Baran & Paul Falk | 1956: Elisabeth Schwartz & Kurt Oppelt | 1960: Barbara Wagner & Robert Paul | 1964: Ludmila Belousova & Oleg Protopopov | 1968: Ludmila Belousova & Oleg Protopopov | 1972: Irina Rodnina & Alexei Ulanov | 1976: Irina Rodnina & Alexander Zaitsev | 1980: Irina Rodnina & Alexander Zaitsev | 1984: Elena Valova & Oleg Vasiliev | 1988: Ekaterina Gordeeva & Sergei Grinkov | 1992: Natalia Mishkutenok & Artur Dmitriev | 1994: Ekaterina Gordeeva & Sergei Grinkov | 1998: Oksana Kazakova & Artur Dmitriev | 2002: Yelena Berezhnaya & Anton Sikharulidze and Jamie Salé & David Pelletier | 2006: Tatiana Totmianina & Maxim Marinin

World champions in figure skating – Pairs

1908: Anna Hübler & Heinrich Burger | 1909: Phyllis Johnson & James H. Johnson | 1910: Anna Hübler & Heinrich Burger | 1911: Ludowika Jakobsson & Walter Jakobsson | 1912: Phyllis Johnson & James H. Johnson | 1913: Helene Engelmann & Karl Mejstrik | 1914: Ludowika Jakobsson & Walter Jakobsson | 1922: Helene Engelmann & Alfred Berger | 1923: Ludowika Jakobsson & Walter Jakobsson | 1924: Helene Engelmann & Alfred Berger | 1925: Herma Szabo & Ludwig Wrede | 1926: Andrée Brunet & Pierre Brunet | 1927: Herma Szabo & Ludwig Wrede | 1928: Andrée Brunet & Pierre Brunet | 1929: Lilly Scholz & Otto Kaiser | 1930: Andrée Brunet & Pierre Brunet | 1931: Emelie Rotter & Laszlo Szolas | 1932: Andrée Brunet & Pierre Brunet | 1933-1935: Emelie Rotter & Laszlo Szolas | 1936-1939: Maxi Herber & Ernst Baier | 1947-1948: Micheline Lannoy & Pierre Baugniet | 1949: Andrea Kékesy & Ede Király | 1950: Karol E. Kennedy & Peter Kennedy | 1951-1952: Ria Baran & Paul Falk | 1953: Jennifer Nicks & John Nicks | 1954-1955: Frances Dafoe & Norris Bowden | 1956: Elisabeth Schwartz & Kurt Oppelt | 1957-1960: Barbara Wagner & Robert Paul | 1962: Maria Jelinek & Otto Jelinek | 1963-1964: Marika Kilius & Hans-Jürgen Bäumler | 1965-1968: Ludmila Belousova & Oleg Protopopov | 1969-1972: Irina Rodnina & Alexei Ulanov | 1973-1978: Irina Rodnina & Alexander Zaitsev | 1979: Tai Babilonia & Randy Gardner | 1980: Marina Cherkasova & Sergei Shakhrai | 1981: Irina Vorobeva & Igor Lisovski | 1982: Sabine Baeß & Tassilo Thierbach | 1983: Elena Valova & Oleg Vasiliev | 1984: Barbara Underhill & Paul Martini | 1985: Elena Valova & Oleg Vasiliev | 1986-1987: Ekaterina Gordeeva & Sergei Grinkov | 1988: Elena Valova & Oleg Vasiliev | 1989-1990: Ekaterina Gordeeva & Sergei Grinkov | 1991-1992: Natalia Mishkutenok & Artur Dmitriev | 1993: Isabelle Brasseur & Lloyd Eisler | 1994: Evgenia Shishkova & Vadim Naumov | 1995: Radka Kovaříková & René Novotný | 1996: Marina Eltsova & Andrei Bushkov | 1997: Mandy Wötzel & Ingo Steuer | 1998-1999: Yelena Berezhnaya & Anton Sikharulidze | 2000: Maria Petrova & Alexei Tikhonov | 2001: Jamie Salé & David Pelletier | 2002-2003: Shen Xue & Zhao Hongbo | 2004-2005: Tatiana Totmianina & Maxim Marinin | 2006: Pang Qing & Tong Jian | 2007: Shen Xue & Zhao Hongbo

European champions in figure skating – Pairs

1930-1931: Olga Orgonista & Sandor Szalay | 1932: Andrée Brunet & Pierre Brunet | 1933: Idi Papez & Karl Zwack | 1934: Emelie Rotter & Laszlo Szolas | 1935-1939: Maxi Herber & Ernst Baier | 1947: Micheline Lannoy & Pierre Baugniet | 1948-1949: Andrea Kékesy & Ede Király | 1950: Marianne Nagy & László Nagy | 1951-1952: Ria Baran & Paul Falk | 1953: Jennifer Nicks & John Nicks | 1954: Silvia Grandjean & Michel Grandjean | 1955: Marianne Nagy & László Nagy | 1956: Elisabeth Schwartz & Kurt Oppelt | 1957-1958: Vera Suchankova & Zdenek Delezal | 1959-1964: Marika Kilius & Hans-Jürgen Bäumler | 1965-1968: Ludmila Belousova & Oleg Protopopov | 1969-1972: Irina Rodnina & Alexei Ulanov | 1973-1978: Irina Rodnina & Alexander Zaitsev | 1979: : Marina Cherkasova & Sergei Shakhrai | 1980: Irina Rodnina & Alexander Zaitsev | 1981: Irina Vorobeva & Igor Lisovski | 1982-1983: Sabine Baeß & Tassilo Thierbach | 1984-1986: Elena Valova & Oleg Vasiliev | 1987: Larisa Selezneva & Oleg Makarov | 1988: Ekaterina Gordeeva & Sergei Grinkov | 1989: Larisa Selezneva & Oleg Makarov | 1990: Ekaterina Gordeeva & Sergei Grinkov | 1991-1992: Natalia Mishkutenok & Artur Dmitriev | 1993: Marina Eltsova & Andrei Bushkov | 1994: Ekaterina Gordeeva & Sergei Grinkov | 1995: Mandy Wötzel & Ingo Steuer | 1996: Oksana Kazakova & Artur Dmitriev | 1997: Marina Eltsova & Andrei Bushkov | 1998: Yelena Berezhnaya & Anton Sikharulidze | 1999-2000: Maria Petrova & Alexei Tikhonov | 2001: Yelena Berezhnaya & Anton Sikharulidze | 2002-2006: Tatiana Totmianina & Maxim Marinin | 2007: Aliona Savchenko & Robin Szolkowy

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