Vera Kolesnikova (Russian: Вера Колесникова; born 7 October 1968 in Perlevka) is a former Soviet artistic gymnast.

She was a member of the gold medal winning team at the 1985 World Championships.

[1] Kolesnikova retired in 1988 after failing to make the Olympic team.

They had a son Alexander (known as Sasha), and their daughter Viktoria Komova is a two-time world champion and two-time silver medalist at the 2012 Summer Olympics.

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