Valeriy Vasilyevich Kopayev (); (15 July 1954 – 29 June 1979) was a Soviet Nordic combined skier who competed in the 1970s. He finished seventh in the Nordic combined event at the 1976 Winter Olympics in Innsbruck.
References 1976 Nordic combined results Information on Kapaev's death. Olympic Nordic combined results: 1968-84 Wallechinsky, David (1984). "Nordic Combined". In The Complete Book of the Olympics: 1896-1980. New York: Penguin Books. p. 624. Valeriy Kopayev's profile at Sports Reference.com Biography of Valeriy Kopayev