Larisa Marinenkova (born 7 March 1969) is a Moldovan powerlifter who has competed at three Summer Paralympics for her country, and won medals in the IPC Powerlifting Open European Championships and 2017 World Para Paralifting World Cup.

As a child, Larisa Marinenkova contracted polio, resulting in permanent muscle weakness.

[1] Marinenkova won the bronze medal in her weight class at the International Paralympic Committee Powerlifting Open European Championships in 2013 at Aleksin, Russia.

[3] However, she was unable to lift the standard weight set, something that she was severely disappointed about and drove her to compete at the following Games.

[1] She finished seventh in her event at the 2016 Summer Paralympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.