By Frank Litsky Oleg Protopopov, who, with his wife, Ludmila Belousova, revolutionized pairs figure skating in the 1960s with a balletic style, and who twice won Olympic gold medals with her for ...

Dima Korotayev/Epsilon/Getty Oleg Protopopov, one of Russia's most decorated figure skaters, died on Tuesday. He was 91. The Russian Figure Skating Federation announced the news of Protopopov’s ...

Oleg Protopopov, a Russian figure skater who, with his wife and skating partner, pioneered a balletic style, created variations of the “death spiral” spin and won two Olympic gold medals and ...

INNSBRUCK, AUSTRIA - FEBRUARY 14: Lyudmila Belousova and her partner Oleg Protopopov from the Soviet Union execute their program during the figure skating pairs competition 14 february 1968 in ...

Oleg Protopopov, who has died aged 91, was a Russian skater who, with his wife Ludmila Belousova, dominated pairs competition in the 1960s, winning Olympic golds for the Soviet Union at Innsbruck ...

LAKE PLACID, N.Y. — After a half-century on ice, Ludmila and Oleg Protopopov look well-preserved. At 74, he has washboard abs and broad shoulders. Four years younger, she walks with the grace ...

Baiul, also performed, and two-time Olympic champions Ludmila Y. Belousova and Oleg A. Protopopov, now in their 70s, received a standing ovation from the crowd after performing a beautiful ...

The Americans were shown with the bronze. Russia's great pairs team of Ludmila Belousova and Oleg Protopopov won the event.

Protopopov and his wife, Ludmila Belousova, broke records in the then-Soviet Union for their international success as a pair Dima Korotayev/Epsilon/Getty Ludmila Belousova and Oleg Protopopov perform ...