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Ria Baran

1922 - 1986

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Ria Baran (German pronunciation: [ˈʁiːa baˈʁaːn] ; 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. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Ria Baran is the 88th most popular skater (down from 81st in 2019), the 4,969th most popular biography from Germany (down from 4,898th in 2019) and the 9th most popular German Skater.

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Among SKATERS

Among skaters, Ria Baran ranks 88 out of 483. Before her are Bernt Evensen, Marika Kilius, Nikolai Panin, Sergei Grinkov, Wolfgang Schwarz, and Felix Kaspar. After her are Eva Pawlik, Cecilia Colledge, Barbara Wagner, Wim van der Voort, Alexei Ulanov, and Alexander Hurd.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1922, Ria Baran ranks 341. Before her are John Eisenhower, Roscoe Lee Browne, Elsa Joubert, Kathryn Grayson, Milton H. Greene, and María Luisa Bemberg. After her are Per Olof Sundman, Margaret Leighton, Jean Malaurie, Jacques Pollet, André Buffière, and Musa Gareyev. Among people deceased in 1986, Ria Baran ranks 236. Before her are Richard Manuel, Susan Cabot, Felipe Rosas, Yoshiyuki Tsuruta, Ramón Alberto Villaverde, and Samuel Zauber. After her are Giovanni Invernizzi, Hans Pesser, Igor Tselovalnikov, Jackson Scholz, Béla Szepes, and Edwin Graves.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Ria Baran ranks 4,972 out of 7,253. Before her are Lou Bega (1975), Karl Dall (1941), Volker Zotz (1956), Johannes Wislicenus (1835), Klaus Schütz (1926), and Günther Oettinger (1953). After her are Wolfgang Seidel (1926), Max Raabe (1962), Angelique Kerber (1988), Hans-Ulrich Grapenthin (1943), Timo Werner (1996), and Horst Meyer (1941).

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Among SKATERS In Germany

Among skaters born in Germany, Ria Baran ranks 9. Before her are Heinrich Burger (1881), Anna Hübler (1885), Ernst Baier (1905), Gabriele Seyfert (1948), Maxi Herber (1920), and Marika Kilius (1943). After her are Paul Falk (1921), Manfred Schnelldorfer (1943), Hans-Jürgen Bäumler (1942), Christa Luding-Rothenburger (1959), Karin Enke (1961), and Anett Pötzsch (1960).

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