Ramona Balthasar-Franz (born 9 January 1964) is a German rower.

Balthasar was born in 1964[1] in Forst, Bezirk Cottbus, East Germany.

[4] She changed from sculling to sweep rowing and at the 1988 Seoul Olympics, she won gold with the women's eight.

[5] At the 1989 World Rowing Championships in Bled, she won silver in the same boat class.

[4] In October 1986, she was awarded a Patriotic Order of Merit in gold (first class) for her sporting success.