Jaroslav Bába

Jaroslav Bába

Jaroslav Bába (2005)
Personal information
Born	2 September 1984 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 Representing  Czech Republic Olympic Games 2004 Athens High jump World Indoor Championships 2004 Budapest High jump European Indoor Championships 2011 Paris High jump 2013 Gothenburg High jump European U23 Championships 2005 Erfurt 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, 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
	Olympic Games	Beijing, China	6th	2.29 m
2009	European Indoor Championships	Turin, Italy	20th (q)	2.17 m
	World Championships	Berlin, Germany	5th	2.23 m
2010	World Indoor Championships	Doha, Qatar	11th (q)	2.23 m
	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
	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
	World Championships	Beijing, China	7th	2.29 m
2016	European Championships	Amsterdam, Netherlands	7th	2.24 m
	Olympic Games	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	14th	2.20 m

References

• Jaroslav Bába profile at IAAF