Larisa Popova

{{short description|Moldovan rower (born 1957)}}

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{{MedalSport | Women's rowing }}

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{{MedalCompetition | Olympic Games }}

{{MedalGold | 1980 Moscow | Double sculls }}

{{MedalSilver | 1976 Montreal | Coxed quad sculls }}

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Larisa Mikhaylovna Popova (née Aleksandrova, born 9 April 1957 in Tiraspol, Moldavian SSR) is a Moldovan rower who competed for the Soviet Union in the 1976 Summer Olympics.

In 1976, she was a crew member of the Soviet boat, which won the silver medal in the quadruple sculls event.

Four years later, she and her partner Yelena Khloptseva won the gold medal in the 1980 double sculls competition.