Yevgeny Vladimirovich Belousov (Russian: Евгений Владимирович Белоусов; 26 May 1962 – 12 December 2023) was a Soviet luger who competed in the mid to late 1980s. Competing in two Winter Olympics, he won the silver medal in the men's doubles event at Sarajevo in 1984.

Yevgeny Belousov
Medal record
Luge
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place 1984 Sarajevo Men's doubles
World Championships
Bronze medal – third place 1989 Winterberg Mixed team
European Championships
Gold medal – first place 1986 Hammarstrand Men's doubles
Bronze medal – third place 1988 Königssee Men's doubles

Belousov also won a bronze in the mixed team event at the 1989 FIL World Luge Championships in Winterberg, West Germany. At the FIL European Luge Championships, he won two medals in the men's doubles event with a gold in 1986 and a bronze in 1988.[1]

Belousov won the overall Luge World Cup men's doubles title in 1987–1988.

Belousov died on 12 December 2023, at the age of 61.[2]

References edit

  1. ^ "List of European luge champions". Eiskanal (in German). Archived from the original on 25 March 2008. Retrieved 8 February 2015.
  2. ^ Умер серебряный призер Олимпиады 1984 года саночник Белоусов (in Russian)