Famous People with Name Jaroslav

Jaroslav Rídký            Origin/Culture/Country: Czech

Jaroslav Rídký: was a Czech composer, conductor, harpist, and music teacher.He composed seven symphonies and one sinfonietta, one string serenade, concertos for violin (1), piano (1), and cello (2), chamber music, pieces for piano, cantatas, and also prepared his own arrangements of folk songs. His work is composed rather in traditional style, first compostitions are influenced by romanticism, later he composed in traditional, neo-classical style. His oeuvre contains 47 numbered opuses, both in chamber and orchestral instrumentation. Rídký composed also violin, piano and two violoncello concertos. In 1954 he was awarded National Prize for his Piano Concerto Op. 46.

Jaroslav Volf            Origin/Culture/Country: Czech

Jaroslav Volf: is a Czech slalom canoer who has competed since the early 2000s. Competing in three Summer Olympics, he won two medals in the C-2 event with a silver in 2008 and a bronze in 2004.Volf also won two medals in the C-2 event at the ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships with a gold in 2006 and a silver in 2003.

Jaroslav Cardal            Origin/Culture/Country: Czech

Jaroslav Cardal: was a Czechoslovakian cross country skier who competed in the late 1940s and early 1950s. Competing in two Winter Olympics, he finished eighth in the 50 km event in 1948 and 14th in the 50 km event in 1952.

Jaroslav Levinský            Origin/Culture/Country: Czech

Jaroslav Levinský: is a professional doubles tennis player from the Czech Republic.

Jaroslav Navrátil            Origin/Culture/Country: Czech

Jaroslav Navrátil: is a former professional tennis player from Czechoslovakia. He enjoyed most of his tennis success while playing doubles. During his career he achieved a career-high doubles ranking of World No. 31 in 1987. He is currently the Czech Republic Davis Cup capt

César Jaroslavsky            Origin/Culture/Country: South America

César Jaroslavsky: was an Argentine politician prominent in the UCR, the country's oldest existing political party.Jaroslavsky was born in Victoria, Entre Ríos Province, in 1928. His father, a wheat farm laborer, died in 1941, and the family moved to Buenos Aires, where César found work in a brick factory. He joined the centrist Radical Civic Union (UCR) in 1945, though the October 13 arrest of the UCR's chief rival, populist leader Juan Perón, prompted the young Jaroslavsky to join the historic October 17 protests for his release (Perón would go on to win the pivotal 1946 general elections).[1]