Jaroslav Bába, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Jaroslav Bába

Czech high jumper

Date of Birth: 02-Sep-1984

Place of Birth: Karviná, Moravian-Silesian Region, Czech Republic

Profession: high jumper

Nationality: Czech Republic

Zodiac Sign: Virgo

Jaroslav Bába (Czech pronunciation: ['jaroslav 'ba?ba]) (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 Stefan 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.