{{short description|British athlete, competing in high jump|bot=PearBOT 5}} {{Use dmy dates|date=July 2018}} {{Use British English|date=July 2018}} {{Infobox sportsperson | name = Martyn Bernard | image = Commonwealth Games 2014 - Athletics Day 4 (14798420381).jpg | caption =Bernard in 2014 | nationality = British (English) | sport = Athletics | event = high jump | club = Wakefield Harriers | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1984|12|15|df=y}} | birth_place = Wakefield, England | death_date = | death_place = | height =196 cm | weight = 83 kg | medaltemplates= {{Medal|Country|{{GBR2}}}} {{Medal|Sport | Men's athletics}} {{Medal|Competition|European Athletics Championships}} {{Medal|Bronze | 2010 Barcelona | High jump}} {{Medal|Competition|European Indoor Championships}} {{Medal|Bronze | 2007 Birmingham | High jump}} {{Medal|Country|{{ENG}}}} {{Medal|Competition|Commonwealth Games}} {{Medal|Silver | 2006 Melbourne | High jump}} {{Medal|Country|Europe}} {{Medal|Competition|Continental Cup}} {{Medal|Bronze |2010 Split|High jump}} }} '''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.<ref name=oly>{{cite web|url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/114948 |title=Biographical Information |website=Olympedia |access-date=13 July 2025}}</ref>
== Biography == Bernard represented England at the 2006 Commonwealth Games in Melbourne, where he won a silver medal.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://teamengland.org/commonwealth-games-history/melbourne-2006/athletes |title=Melbourne 2006 Team |website=Team England |access-date=13 July 2025}}</ref> Shortly afterwards he became the British high jump champion after winning the British AAA Championships title at the 2006 AAA Championships.<ref name=Nuts>{{cite web|url=https://www.nuts.org.uk/Champs/AAA/index.htm |title=AAA, WAAA and National Championships Medallists |website=National Union of Track Statisticians |access-date=13 July 2025}}</ref>
Martyn graduated from Liverpool John Moores University in 2007 with a 2:1 degree in psychology{{citation needed|date=July 2025}} and the same year won a bronze medal in the 2007 European Athletics Indoor Championships, won the British Athletics Championships title.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gbrathletics.com/bc/aaa.htm |title=AAA Championships (men) |website=GBR Athletics |access-date=13 July 2025}}</ref> 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.{{citation needed|date=July 2025}}
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.<ref name=oly/>
He went on to win a third British high jump title at the 2010 British Athletics Championships.<ref name=Nuts/>
He is cousin to singer VV Brown and older brother of Luke Bernard.{{citation needed|date=July 2025}}
== Competition record == {| {{AchievementTable}} |- !colspan="6"|Representing {{GBR2}} and {{ENG}} |- |2002 |World Junior Championships |Kingston, Jamaica |10th |2.14 m |- |2003 |European Junior Championships |Tampere, Finland |12th |2.15 m |- |rowspan=2|2005 |European U23 Championships |Erfurt, Germany |11th |2.21 m |- |Universiade |İzmir, Turkey |bgcolor=cc9966|3rd |2.23 m |- |rowspan=2|2006 |Commonwealth Games |Melbourne, Australia |bgcolor=silver|2nd |2.26 m |- |European Championships |Gothenburg, Sweden |14th (q) |2.23 m |- |rowspan=3|2007 |European Indoor Championships |Birmingham, United Kingdom |bgcolor=cc9966|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 |- |rowspan=2|2010 |European Championships |Barcelona, Spain |bgcolor=cc9966|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 == *High jump, outdoor: 2.29 (2007) *High jump, indoor: 2.30 (2007)
== References == {{Reflist}} *{{World Athletics}}
{{British Athletics Championships men's high jump champions}} {{authority control}}
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