Jaroslav Bába

Jaroslav Bába

Jaroslav Bába (2005)
Personal information
Born	September 2, 1984 (1984-09-02) Karviná
Height	1.96 m (6 ft 5 in)
Weight	80 kg (180 lb)
Sport
Country	Czech Republic
Sport	Track and field
Event(s)	High jump
Medal record Men's athletics Competitor for Czech Republic Olympic Games Bronze 2004 Athens High jump World Indoor Championships Bronze 2004 Budapest High jump European Indoor Championships Silver 2011 Paris High jump

Jaroslav Bába (Czech pronunciation: [ˈjaroslaf ˈbaːba]) (born 2 September 1984 in Karviná, Czechoslovakia) is a Czech high jumper.

At the 2004 IAAF World Indoor Championships he jumped 2.25 metres and won a joint bronze medal along with Germaine Mason and Ştefan Vasilache. The same year he won the Olympic bronze medal with 2.34 m.

In 2005 he jumped a new personal best of 2.36 m in July in Rome, and later finished fifth at the World Championships. He had 2.37 m on the indoor track in Arnstadt from February of the same year. He did not compete in the 2006 season. During the summer of 2009 he stayed in England for several weeks to increase his knowledge of the English language.

Achievements

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Notes
Representing Czech Republic
2002	World Junior Championships	Kingston, Jamaica	8th
2003	World Indoor Championships	Birmingham, England	9th
	World Championships	Paris, France	11th
2004	World Indoor Championships	Budapest, Hungary	3rd
	Olympic Games	Athens, Greece	3rd	2.34 m PB
	World Athletics Final	Monte Carlo, Monaco	7th
2005	European Indoor Championships	Madrid, Spain	4th
	World Championships	Helsinki, Finland	5th
	World Athletics Final	Monte Carlo, Monaco	7th
2007	World Championships	Osaka, Japan	8th
2008	World Indoor Championships	Valencia, Spain	9th
2010	European Championships	Barcelona, Spain	5th	2.26 m
2011	European Indoor Championships	Paris, France	2nd	2.34 m
	European Team Championships	Stockholm, Sweden	3rd	2.28 m
	World Championships	Daegu, South Korea	4th	2.32 m

References

• IAAF profile for Jaroslav Bába