Jaroslav Bába (2005) |
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| Born | September 2, 1984 Karviná |
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| Height | 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 80 kg (180 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country | Czech Republic | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Track and field | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Event(s) | High jump | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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.
| Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Notes |
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| 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 | |