Athletistic / Figure skating. The authoritative publication The Skating Lesson reports that two-time Olympic champion, former Soviet figure skater Oleg Protopopov, died at the age of 92. He has lived in Switzerland since 1979.

“Rest in peace. Your contribution to the development of the sport will never be forgotten,” the message read.

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Protopopov won two gold medals in pairs skating with his wife Lyudmila Belousova. They achieved victories at the Olympic Games in Innsbruck (1964) and Grenoble (1968). Belousova died in 2017.


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