| Valentin Zanin | |
| Birth Date: | 27 October 1937 |
| Birth Place: | Leningrad, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union |
| Height: | 191 cm |
| Weight: | 89 kg |
| Sport: | Rowing |
Valentin Petrovich Zanin (Russian name: Валентин Занин; born 27 October 1937) is a Soviet rower.
Zanin was born in 1937 in Leningrad. At the 1956 European Rowing Championships in Bled, he competed with the coxed four and they won silver.[1] He went to the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne and competed in the coxed four, where they were eliminated in the semi-final. He competed at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome with the coxed four where they came fourth.[2] [3]