Martyn John Bernard (born 15 December 1984) is a British former athlete who competed in the high jump and appeared at the 2008 Summer Olympics.
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 VV Brown and older brother of Luke Bernard.
Competition record
2002 World Junior Championships Kingston, Jamaica 10th 2.14 m 2003 European Junior Championships Tampere, Finland 12th 2.15 m 2005 European U23 Championships Erfurt, Germany 11th 2.21 m Universiade Izmir, Turkey 3rd 2.23 m 2006 Commonwealth Games Melbourne, Australia 2nd 2.26 m European Championships Gothenburg, Sweden 14th (q) 2.23 m 2007 European Indoor Championships Birmingham, United Kingdom 3rd 2.29 m Universiade Bangkok, Thailand 5th 2.23 m World Championships Osaka, Japan 14th 2.21 m 2008 Olympic Games Beijing, China 9th 2.25 m 2009 European Indoor Championships Turin, Italy 16th (q) 2.22 m 2010 European Championships Barcelona, Spain 3rd 2.29 m Commonwealth Games Delhi, India 16th (q) 2.13 m 2011 World Championships Daegu, South Korea 29th (q) 2.21 m 2014 Commonwealth Games Glasgow, United Kingdom 5th 2.21 m
Personal bests
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