Allison Baver (born August 11, 1980 in Reading, Pennsylvania) is an American short track speed skater. Baver trains with the US permanent winter sports Olympic team, in Salt Lake City, Utah. In the 2005-2006 season, she was ranked third overall in the World Rankings. She previously dated Apolo Anton Ohno. At the 2006 Winter Olympics, in Turin, Italy, Baver finished seventh in the Women's 500 m competition, following a third place finish in Semifinal A and a collision with the Czech Republic's Katerina Novotna in Final B, which took her out of the race for fifth place.
On February 25, 2007, Baver won her first U.S. National Championship.
On February 8, 2009, Baver collided with teammate Katherine Ruetter on the third lap of the 1500m race in Sofia, Bulgaria and fractured her leg in multiple places.|
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