Ria Baran [SEP] place of birth
Ria Baran
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
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),