Martyn Bernard

Martyn Bernard

Bernard in 2014
Personal information
Nationality	British (English)
Born	15 December 1984 Wakefield, England
Height	196 cm (6 ft 5 in)
Weight	83 kg (183 lb)
Sport
Sport	Athletics
Event	high jump
Club	Wakefield Harriers
Medal record Representing   Great Britain Men's athletics European Athletics Championships 2010 Barcelona High jump European Indoor Championships 2007 Birmingham High jump Representing   England Commonwealth Games 2006 Melbourne High jump Representing Europe Continental Cup 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. ^[1]

Biography

Bernard represented England at the 2006 Commonwealth Games in Melbourne, where he won a silver medal. ^[2] Shortly afterwards he became the British high jump champion after winning the British AAA Championships title at the 2006 AAA Championships. ^[3]

Martyn graduated from Liverpool John Moores University in 2007 with a 2:1 degree in psychology^{[ citation needed ]} and the same year won a bronze medal in the 2007 European Athletics Indoor Championships, won the British Athletics Championships title. ^[4] 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 ]}

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. ^[1]

He went on to win a third British high jump title at the 2010 British Athletics Championships. ^[3]

He is cousin to singer VV Brown and older brother of Luke Bernard.^{[ citation needed ]}

Competition record

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Notes
Representing   Great Britain and   England
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

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

References

1. "Biographical Information". Olympedia. Retrieved 13 July 2025.
2. "Melbourne 2006 Team". Team England. Retrieved 13 July 2025.
3. "AAA, WAAA and National Championships Medallists". National Union of Track Statisticians. Retrieved 13 July 2025.
4. "AAA Championships (men)". GBR Athletics. Retrieved 13 July 2025.

• Martyn Bernard at World Athletics