Venera Zinurovna Zaripova (Russian: Венера Зиннуровна Зарипова; born 5 April 1966 in Tashkömür, Kyrgyz SSR, USSR) is a former individual Soviet rhythmic gymnast.

Venera won the all-around silver at the 1981 USSR Championships beating Irina Deriugina[2] who took the bronze medal.

Zaripova made the Soviet team with (Galina Beloglazova and Dalia Kutkaitė) who competed at the 1983 World Championships, Zaripova finished 13th in all-around after a drop out of carpet from her hoop, she qualified to 2 apparatus finals finishing 4th in ribbon and 7th in clubs.

[3] In 1984, Zaripova began to struggle with injury, she competed in her last USSR Championships in 1986 and won the gold in hoop.

She now resides in Eilat, Israel and annual international rhythmic gymnastics competition is held called the "Venera Cup".