Jaroslav Bába () (born 2 September 1984 in
Karviná
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high jumper.
At the
2004 IAAF World Indoor Championships
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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
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, and later finished fifth at the
World Championships
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. 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
References
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1984 births
Living people
Czech male high jumpers
Olympic athletes for the Czech Republic
Olympic bronze medalists for the Czech Republic
Athletes (track and field) at the 2004 Summer Olympics
Athletes (track and field) at the 2008 Summer Olympics
Athletes (track and field) at the 2012 Summer Olympics
Athletes (track and field) at the 2016 Summer Olympics
Sportspeople from Karviná
World Athletics Championships athletes for the Czech Republic
Medalists at the 2004 Summer Olympics
Olympic bronze medalists in athletics (track and field)
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