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
1968 GrenoblePairs
1964 InnsbruckPairs
World Championships
1969 Colorado SpringsPairs
1968 GenevaPairs
1967 ViennaPairs
1966 DavosPairs
1965 Colorado SpringsPairs
1964 DormundPairs
1963 Cortina d'AmpezzoPairs
1962 PraguePairs
European Championships
1969 Garmisch-PartenkirchenPairs
1968 VästeråsPairs
1967 LjubljanaPairs
1966 BratislavaPairs
1965 MoscowPairs
1964 GrenoblePairs
1963 BudapestPairs
1962 GenevaPairs

Ludmila Yevgenyevna Belousova (Russian: Людмила Евгеньевна Белоусова; 22 November 1935 – 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.