Vladimir Belussov

Vladimir Pavlovich Belousov (Russian: Владимир Павлович Белоусов; * July 14, 1946 in Vsevolozhsk, Leningrad Oblast ) is a former Soviet ski jumper.

For the Soviet Union, he surprisingly won at the 1968 Olympic Winter Games in Grenoble, the Gold Medal from the Dauphine large hill, although he was nominated despite a 16th place finish in the Soviet championships at the last minute in the squad for the games was. Since the Nordic World Ski Championships were held this year at the Olympic Games, he was with the win at the same time world champion. At the normal hill he reached the eighth. A month after the games was Belousov the first and so far only winner at Holmenkollen in Oslo. In the Four Hills Tournament 1968/69 he reached after an eighth place in Oberstdorf, a fourth place in Garmisch -Partenkirchen, a 19th place in Innsbruck and Bischofshofen in ninth place at the end of the sixth place in the overall standings. In the Soviet Championships in 1969 Belousov won the title on the normal hill. At the turn of the year taking place Four Hills Tournament 1969/70 he jumped into Partenkirchen with third place and once again on the podium, but remained in the other jumping back far short of expectations. A short time later, he finished sixth at the Nordic World Ski Championships 1970. At Holmenkollen he was in the same year another successful before he ended his active career, and then to work as a ski coach.