“Not a drop of fat. For a 70 year old man, he looked about 35 years old. Marinin told how he was surprised by Protopopov’s physical form

Olympic figure skating champion Maxim Marinin said on that before one of the joint skates he was surprised by the good form of Oleg Protopopov, who was then just over 70 years old.

On Friday, Skating Lesson announced that Protopopov had died at the age of 91. During his sports career, the skater performed in tandem with his wife Lyudmila Belousova. The duo won the USSR championships six times, the world and European championships four times, and won gold at the 1964 and 1968 Olympic Games.

— At that time, he was a little over 70 years old. We changed clothes in the same locker room, he took off his outerwear and was shirtless. Of course, for a 70 year old man, he looked like he was 35. Not a drop of fat, in the shape of a man. “It shocked me a lot,” Marinin said on the air of the show “Everyone for the match!” on the channel.

Lyudmila Belousova died in September 2017.