Vanessa Veiga (born 20 July 1979 in Gondomar, Pontevedra) is a Spanish long-distance runner.

Her international debut came at the 1998 IAAF World Cross Country Championships, where she finished 35th in the junior section.

[2] She started her career in long-distance track events, but after marrying Julio Rey – the Spanish record holder in the marathon – she spent most of her time supporting her husband.

[3][4] Veiga returned to action in 2010, running in cross country races and at the Spanish Athletics Championships, where she came third in the 10,000 m.[5] The following year she achieved a best of 33:34.56 minutes in that event at the European Cup 10000m, placing nineteenth.

She was one of three Spanish women to run in the 2012 Olympic Marathon (alongside Alessandra Aguilar and María Elena Espeso) but she was their slowest performer, finishing the distance in 2:46:53 hours – fourteen minutes off her best and in 97th place.