Gymnázium třída Kapitána Jaroše
# Gymnázium třída Kapitána Jaroše

Gymnázium třída Kapitána Jaroše (historically known as the 1st Czech Gymnasium of Brno; commonly known as Jaroška) is a public gymnasium in Brno, Czech Republic.

## History

Founded in 1867 as Slovanské gymnázium, the school is the oldest Czech-language gymnasium in Moravia, alongside the gymnasium in Olomouc. The school was originally located in a building on Na Hradbách street (now Rooseveltova 13), moving to its current premises in a neo-renaissance building at třída Kapitána Jaroše 14 on 18 September 1884.

In 1984 the school was designated as a specialized mathematics academy. Between the years 1992 and 2002, 30 of the 66 representatives of the Czech Republic in the International Mathematical Olympiad were students of the school.

## Notable alumni

Notable former staff and students at the school include:

### Staff

* František Bartoš (1837–1906), linguist and ethnographer, taught at the school in 1869–1888.
* Vladimír Šťastný (1841–1910), priest and poet, taught theology at the school in 1867–1900.
* František Koláček (1851–1913), physicist, taught at the school in 1873–1891

### Students

* Alfons Mucha (1860–1939), artist
* Vilém Mrštík (1863–1912), writer
* Petr Bezruč (1867–1958), poet and short story writer
* Karel Absolon (1877–1960), archaeologist and speleologist
* Karel Čapek (1890–1938), author and journalist
* Lev Blatný (1894–1930), poet
* Ondřej Sekora (1899–1967), painter and author
* Růžena Vacková (1901–1982), art historian
* Ivan Blatný (1919–1990), poet
* Zdeněk Rotrekl (1920–2013), poet
* Felix Maria Davídek (1921–1988), Roman Catholic bishop
* Jan Novák (1921–1984), composer
* Josef Koukl (1926–2010), Roman Catholic Bishop of Litoměřice
* Milan Kundera (born 1929), novelist
* Jiří Zlatuška (born 1957), politician
* Petr Fiala (born 1964), politician, prime minister of the Czech Republic
* Petr Zelenka (born 1967), film director
* Pavel Blatný (born 1968), chess grandmaster
* Jaroslav Suchý (born 1971), figure skater and politician
* Kateřina Mrázová (born 1972), figure skater
* Martin Špinar (born 1972), footballer
* Radka Kovarikova (born 1975), figure skater
* Danuše Nerudová (born 1979), economist and politician
* Kateřina Tučková (born 1980), writer
* Jakub Hrůša (born 1981), conductor
* Mario Holek (born 1986), footballer
