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Martyn John Bernard (born 15 December 1984) is a British former athlete who competed in the and appeared at the 2008 Summer Olympics.


Biography
Bernard represented England at the 2006 Commonwealth Games in Melbourne, where he won a silver medal. Shortly afterwards he became the British high jump champion after winning the British AAA Championships title at the 2006 AAA Championships.

Martyn graduated from Liverpool John Moores University in 2007 with a 2:1 degree in psychology and the same year won a bronze medal in the 2007 European Athletics Indoor Championships, won the British Athletics Championships title. In Osaka in 2007 he set an outdoor best of 2.29 in qualifying, and in the final after clearing 2.21 passed all the way up to 2.33, where he failed twice at 2.35. The reason he did this was, that he was injured and had to limit his jumps.

Bernard represented Great Britain at the 2008 Summer Olympics in the high jump. He qualified for the final along with two other Britons with a jump of 2.29.

He went on to win a third British high jump title at the 2010 British Athletics Championships.

He is cousin to singer and older brother of Luke Bernard.


Competition record
2002World Junior ChampionshipsKingston, Jamaica10th2.14 m
2003European Junior ChampionshipsTampere, Finland12th2.15 m
2005European U23 ChampionshipsErfurt, Germany11th2.21 m
UniversiadeIzmir, Turkey3rd2.23 m
2006Commonwealth GamesMelbourne, Australia2nd2.26 m
European ChampionshipsGothenburg, Sweden14th (q)2.23 m
2007European Indoor ChampionshipsBirmingham, United Kingdom3rd2.29 m
UniversiadeBangkok, Thailand5th2.23 m
World ChampionshipsOsaka, Japan14th2.21 m
2008Olympic GamesBeijing, China9th2.25 m
2009European Indoor ChampionshipsTurin, Italy16th (q)2.22 m
2010European ChampionshipsBarcelona, Spain3rd2.29 m
Commonwealth GamesDelhi, India16th (q)2.13 m
2011World ChampionshipsDaegu, South Korea29th (q)2.21 m
2014Commonwealth GamesGlasgow, United Kingdom5th2.21 m


Personal bests
  • High jump, outdoor: 2.29 (2007)
  • High jump, indoor: 2.30 (2007)

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