Jaroslav Bába () (born 2 September 1984 in

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) is a

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er. At the

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he jumped 2.25 metres, winning a joint bronze medal along with

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and Ştefan Vasilache. In the same year he won the

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with a jump of 2.34 m. In 2005 he jumped a new personal best of 2.36 m in July in

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, and later finished fifth at the

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. He had 2.37 m on the indoor track in

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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.

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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 Athletes from the Moravian-Silesian Region World Athletics Championships athletes for the Czech Republic Medalists at the 2004 Summer Olympics Olympic bronze medalists in athletics (track and field) Czech Athletics Championships winners 21st-century Czech sportsmen {{CzechRepublic-Olympic-medalist-stub