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Jaroslav Bába
- Born
- Sep 2, 1984 (42 years old)
- Birthplace
- Karviná, Czech Republic
- Events
- High Jump
- Height
- 1.96 m
- Weight
- 80 kg
Jaroslav Bába (born 2 September 1984 in Karviná) 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.
As of Oct 28, 2026: High Jump 2.37 (#35 all-time), 2022 season best 1.97 (May 14, 2022, TJ Sokol Opava, Opava (CZE)) · Olympic Games: 1 bronze · National record (High Jump) · 42 years old
Personal bests
WA points calculator →Medals
| Competitions | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Olympic Games | – | – | 1 | 1 |
Progression
| Season | Discipline | Result | Wind | Date | Competitions |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | HJ | 1.97 | – | May 14, 2022 | TJ Sokol Opava, Opava (CZE) |
| 2022 | SP | 12.66 | – | May 14, 2022 | TJ Sokol Opava, Opava (CZE) |
| 2022 | DT | 33.15 | – | May 14, 2022 | TJ Sokol Opava, Opava (CZE) |
| 2021 | HJ | 1.98 | – | Sep 4, 2021 | Vitkovice, Ostrava (CZE) |
| 2019 | HJ | 1.97 | – | Aug 17, 2019 | Zlín 2019, Zlín |
| 2018 | HJ Indoor | 2.20 | – | Jan 18, 2018 | Nehvizdy (CZE) (i) |
| 2018 | HJ | 2.20 | – | Jan 18, 2018 | – |
| 2017 | HJ | 2.20 | – | Jun 28, 2017 | Mestský Stadion, Ostrava (CZE) |