Jaroslav Bába

Quick Facts

Intro

Czech high jumper

Places

Czech Republic

Athlete High jumper

Work field

Sports

Gender

Male

Birth

2 September 1984 People who share this birthday

Place of birth

Karviná

Age

40 years

The details (from wikipedia)

Biography

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, winning a joint bronze medal along with Germaine Mason and Ştefan Vasilache. In the same year he won the Olympic bronze medal with a jump of 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 spent several weeks in England to improve his English language skills.

Achievements

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Notes
Representing the Czech Republic
2002	World Junior Championships	Kingston, Jamaica	8th	2.18 m
2003	World Indoor Championships	Birmingham, United Kingdom	9th	2.25 m
	European Junior Championships	Tampere, Finland	1st	2.28 m
	World Championships	Paris, France	11th	2.25 m
2004	World Indoor Championships	Budapest, Hungary	3rd	2.25 m
	Olympic Games	Athens, Greece	3rd	2.34 m
	World Athletics Final	Monte Carlo, Monaco	7th	2.23 m
2005	European Indoor Championships	Madrid, Spain	4th	2.30 m
	European U23 Championships	Erfurt, Germany	1st	2.29 m
	World Championships	Helsinki, Finland	5th	2.29 m
	World Athletics Final	Monte Carlo, Monaco	7th	2.20 m
2007	World Championships	Osaka, Japan	8th	2.26 m
2008	World Indoor Championships	Valencia, Spain	9th	2.23 m
2008	Olympic Games	Beijing, China	6th	2.29 m
2009	European Indoor Championships	Turin, Italy	20th (q)	2.17 m
2009	World Championships	Berlin, Germany	5th	2.23 m
2010	World Indoor Championships	Doha, Qatar	11th (q)	2.23 m
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
2012	World Indoor Championships	Istanbul, Turkey	13th (q)	2.22 m
	European Championships	Helsinki, Finland	8th	2.24 m
	Olympic Games	London, United Kingdom	21st (q)	2.21 m
2013	European Indoor Championships	Gothenburg, Sweden	3rd	2.31 m
2013	World Championships	Moscow, Russia	14th (q)	2.26 m
2014	European Championships	Zürich, Switzerland	4th	2.30 m
2015	European Indoor Championships	Prague, Czech Republic	5th	2.28 m
2015	World Championships	Beijing, China	7th	2.29 m
2016	European Championships	Amsterdam, Netherlands	7th	2.24 m
2016	Olympic Games	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	14th	2.20 m