Valentina Vadimovna Popova () (born September 25, 1972 in Bratsk) is a Russian weightlifter who won two olympic medals: the silver medal in the 63 kg class at the 2000 Summer Olympics and the bronze medal in the 75 kg class at the 2004 Summer Olympics. External links sports-reference 1976 births Living people People from Bratsk Russian female weightlifters Weightlifters at the 2000 Summer Olympics Weightlifters at the 2004 Summer Olympics Olympic weightlifters of Russia Olympic silver medalists for Russia Olympic bronze medalists for Russia Olympic medalists in weightlifting Medalists at the 2004 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 2000 Summer Olympics European Weightlifting Championships medalists World Weightlifting Championships medalists Sportspeople from Irkutsk Oblast 20th-century Russian women 21st-century Russian women