Ria Baran [SEP] sex or gender
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
Ria (given name)
Ria is a feminine given name, a short form of Maria. People with the name include:
- Ria Ahlers (born 1954), Dutch high jumper
- Ria Antoniou (born 1988), Greek beauty pageant winner
- Ria Atayde (born 1992), Filipina actress
- Ria Bancroft (1907–1993), New Zealand sculptor
- Ria Baran (1922–1986), West German figure skater
- Ria Bartok, stage name of Marie-Louise Pleiss (1943–1970),