title: Gymnázium třída Kapitána Jaroše
text: # 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
  