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Ria Baran
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| Olympic medal record | |||
| Figure skating | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Gold | 1952 Oslo | Pairs | |
Ria Baran (born November 2, 1922 in Dortmund, Germany – died November 12, 1986) was a German figure skater. She skated together with Paul Falk in pairs and became twice World champion and in 1952 Olympic champion.
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.
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- 1947 - 1st place
- 1948 - 1st place
- 1949 - 1st place
- 1950 - 1st place
- 1951 - 1st place
- 1952 - 1st place
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1908: Anna Hübler & Heinrich Burger | 1920: Ludowika Jakobsson & Walter Jakobsson | 1924: Helene Engelmann & Alfred Berger | 1928: Andrée Joly & Pierre Brunet | 1932: Andrée Brunet & Pierre Brunet | 1936: Maxi Herber & Ernst Baier | 1948: Micheline Lannoy & Pierre Baugniet | 1952: Ria Baran & Paul Falk | 1956: Elisabeth Schwartz & Kurt Oppelt | 1960: Barbara Wagner & Robert Paul | 1964: Ludmila Belousova & Oleg Protopopov | 1968: Ludmila Belousova & Oleg Protopopov | 1972: Irina Rodnina & Alexei Ulanov | 1976: Irina Rodnina & Alexander Zaitsev | 1980: Irina Rodnina & Alexander Zaitsev | 1984: Elena Valova & Oleg Vasiliev | 1988: Ekaterina Gordeeva & Sergei Grinkov | 1992: Natalia Mishkutenok & Artur Dmitriev | 1994: Ekaterina Gordeeva & Sergei Grinkov | 1998: Oksana Kazakova & Artur Dmitriev | 2002: Elena Berezhnaya & Anton Sikharulidze and Jamie Salé & David Pelletier | 2006: Tatiana Totmianina & Maxim Marinin |
| Awards | ||
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Preceded by Lena Stumpf |
German Sportswoman of the Year 1950 – 1952 |
Succeeded by Christa Seliger |
| Persondata | |
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| NAME | Baran, Ria |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Falk, Ria |
| SHORT DESCRIPTION | German figure skater |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 2, 1922 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Dortmund, Germany |
| DATE OF DEATH | November 12, 1986 |
| PLACE OF DEATH | |
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