Vera Krasnova

{{short description|Russian speed skater}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2017}}

{{Infobox sportsperson

|name=

|image= Vera Krasnova 1972.jpg

| image_size = 220px

|caption= Krasnova at the 1972 Olympics

|birth_date= {{birth-date and age|3 April 1950}}

|birth_place= Omsk, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union

|death_date=

|death_place=

| height = 158 cm

| weight = 58 kg

|sport=Speed skating

|pb = 500 m – 40.96 (1976)
1000 m – 1:24.0 (1977)
1500 m – 2:19.48 (1977)
3000 m – 5:13.1 (1970)

|club=Spartak Omsk
Spartak Moscow

|alma_mater=

| show-medals = yes

| medaltemplates =

{{MedalCountry|the {{URS}}}}

{{MedalOlympics}}

{{MedalSilver| 1972 Sapporo | 500 m}}

}}

Vera Ivanovna Krasnova ({{langx|ru|Вера Ивановна Краснова}}, born 3 April 1950) is a retired Russian speed skater who specialized in the 500 m distance. She competed at the 1972 and 1976 Winter Olympics and won a silver medal in 1972, placing fifth in 1976.

Krasnova won a silver medal in the 500 m at the 1972 European All-around Championships. She took part in five World Sprint Speed Skating Championships, with the best result of fourth place in 1975. Domestically she won the 500 m Soviet title in 1969, 1972 and 1976. Krasnova was born in Omsk, but later moved to Moscow and worked there as a school teacher.