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.
Achievements Representing the 2002World Junior ChampionshipsKingston, Jamaica8th2.18 m2003World Indoor ChampionshipsBirmingham, United Kingdom9th2.25 mEuropean Junior ChampionshipsTampere, Finland1st2.28 m World ChampionshipsParis, France11th2.25 m2004World Indoor ChampionshipsBudapest, Hungary 3rd2.25 mOlympic GamesAthens, Greece 3rd2.34 mWorld Athletics FinalMonte Carlo, Monaco7th2.23 m2005European Indoor ChampionshipsMadrid, Spain4th2.30 mEuropean U23 ChampionshipsErfurt, Germany1st2.29 mWorld ChampionshipsHelsinki, Finland5th2.29 mWorld Athletics FinalMonte Carlo, Monaco 7th2.20 m2007World ChampionshipsOsaka, Japan8th2.26 m2008World Indoor ChampionshipsValencia, Spain9th2.23 mOlympic GamesBeijing, China6th2.29 m2009European Indoor Championships Turin, Italy20th (q)2.17 mWorld ChampionshipsBerlin, Germany5th2.23 m2010World Indoor ChampionshipsDoha, Qatar11th (q)2.23 mEuropean ChampionshipsBarcelona, Spain5th2.26 m2011European Indoor Championships Paris, France 2nd 2.34 mEuropean Team Championships Stockholm, Sweden 3rd2.28 mWorld ChampionshipsDaegu, South Korea4th2.32 m2012World Indoor ChampionshipsIstanbul, Turkey13th (q)2.22 mEuropean ChampionshipsHelsinki, Finland8th2.24 mOlympic GamesLondon, United Kingdom21st (q)2.21 m2013European Indoor ChampionshipsGothenburg, Sweden 3rd 2.31 mWorld ChampionshipsMoscow, Russia14th (q)2.26 m2014European ChampionshipsZürich, Switzerland3rd2.30 m2015European Indoor ChampionshipsPrague, Czech Republic5th2.28 mWorld Championships Beijing, China7th2.29 m2016European ChampionshipsAmsterdam, Netherlands7th2.24 mOlympic GamesRio de Janeiro, Brazil14th2.20 m
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