| Ramona Balthasar | |
| Birth Date: | 9 January 1964 |
| Birth Place: | Forst, Bezirk Cottbus, East Germany |
| Height: | 177 cm |
| Weight: | 71 kg |
| Sport: | Rowing |
| Club: | SG Dynamo Potsdam SC Dynamo Berlin |
Ramona Balthasar-Franz (born 9 January 1964) is a German rower.
Balthasar was born in 1964 in Forst, Bezirk Cottbus, East Germany.[1] She initially competed for SG Dynamo Potsdam and was chosen for the 1984 Summer Olympics but did not compete due to the Eastern Bloc boycott.[2] During 1985, she changed to SC Dynamo Berlin. At the 1985 World Rowing Championships in Hazewinkel, she became world champion in the quad scull boat class.[3] She changed from sculling to sweep rowing and at the 1988 Seoul Olympics, she won gold with the women's eight.[4] At the 1989 World Rowing Championships in Bled, she won silver in the same boat class.
In October 1986, she was awarded a Patriotic Order of Merit in gold (first class) for her sporting success.[5] Balthasar studied medicine.