Ria Baran

Ria Baran
Ria Baran
Personal information
Country represented	West Germany
Born	2 November 1922; Dortmund, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
Died	12 November 1986 (aged 64)
Former partner	Paul Falk
Representing West Germany
Pairs' Figure skating
Olympic Games
World Championships
European Championships

Ria Baran (2 November 1922 in Dortmund, Germany – 12 November 1986) was a German pair skater. She skated together with Paul Falk and twice became World champion and in 1952 Olympic champion. She was one of the oldest female figure skating Olympic champions.

Ria Baran married Paul Falk during her active international figure skating. Therefore she is sometime listed as Ria Baran-Falk or Ria Falk.

The pair skated for the club Düsseldorfer EG and had no coach. Until 1951 Ria Baran and Paul Falk were not able to participate in international competitions because Germany was excluded from the international sport after World War II. They were the first couple which performed side by side double jumps and they also invented the Lasso-Lift.

Baran and Falk were never defeated in amateur competition.

Between 1950 and 1952 Ria Baran was voted 3 times running as the female athlete of the year in Germany.

After winning the Olympics in 1952 they turned pro and worked for Holiday on Ice.

Baran later worked as a secretary.

Results

(pairs with Paul Falk)

Event	1947	1948	1949	1950	1951	1952
Winter Olympic Games						1st
World Championships					1st	1st
European Championships					1st	1st
German Championships	1st	1st	1st	1st	1st	1st

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References

"Ria Falk". SR/Olympic Sports. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 9 July 2014.

Awards
Preceded by Lena Stumpf	German Sportswoman of the Year 1950 – 1952	Succeeded by Christa Seliger

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