Valeriy Vasilevich Kopayev ( Russian: Валерий Васильевич Колаев); (15 July 1954 – 29 June 1979) was a Soviet nordic combined skier who competed in the 1970s. He finished seventh in the Nordic combined event at the 1976 Winter Olympics in Innsbruck.

References

• 1976 nordic combined results
• Information on Kapaev's death. (in Russian)
• Olympic nordic combined results: 1968-84
• Wallechinsky, David (1984). "Nordic Combined". In The Complete Book of the Olympics: 1896-1980. New York: Penguin Books. p. 624.
• Valeriy Kapaev's profile at Sports Reference.com
• Biography of Valeriy Kapaev (in Russian)

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