Valentin Zanin

Valentin Petrovich Zanin (Russian name: Валентин Занин; born 27 October 1937) is a Soviet rower.

Valentin Zanin

Personal information
Born	(1937-10-27) 27 October 1937 (age 87) Leningrad, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Height	191 cm (6 ft 3 in)
Weight	89 kg (196 lb)
Sport
Sport	Rowing
Medal record Men's rowing Representing the  Soviet Union European Rowing Championships 1956 Bled Coxed four

Zanin was born in 1937 in Leningrad.^[1] At the 1956 European Rowing Championships in Bled, he competed with the coxed four and they won silver.^[2] He went to the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne and competed in the coxed four, where they were eliminated in the semi-final.^[1] He competed at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome with the coxed four where they came fourth.^[3][1]