| The pictures above show Martyn during the final of the mens High Jump
at the 2007 European Indoor Athletics Championships in Birmingham. He
finished in a highly creditable third place, behind the Swedes Stefan
Holm and Linus Thornblad, with a leap of 2.29m. The previous year
Bernard had won his first medal in senior Athletics when winning the
silver medal at the Commonwealth Games in Melbourne. |
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|
Men's High Jump final.
2006 Commonwealth Games.
|
| 1. Mark Boswell |
|
CAN |
|
2.26m |
| 2. Martyn Bernard |
|
ENG |
|
2.26m |
| 3. Kyriakos Ioannou |
|
CYP |
|
2.23m |
| 4. Donald Thomas |
|
BAH |
|
2.28m |
| 5. Nicholas Moroney |
|
AUS |
|
2.20m |
| 5. Ramsay Carelse |
|
RSA |
|
2.20m |
| 7. Robert Mitchell |
|
WAL |
|
2.15m |
| 8. Ben Challenger |
|
ENG |
|
2.15m |
|
|
|
Men's High Jump Final.
2007 European Indoor Championships
|
| 1. Stefan Holm |
|
SWE |
|
2.34m |
| 2. Linus Thornblad |
|
SWE |
|
2.32m |
| 3. Martyn Bernard |
|
GBR |
|
2.29m |
| 4. Tomas Janku |
|
CZE |
|
2.25m |
| 5. Aleksander Walerianczyk |
|
POL |
|
2.20m |
| 6. Andrea Bettinelli |
|
ITA |
|
2.20m |
| 7. Andrey Tereshin |
|
RUS |
|
2.20m |
| 8. Oskari Frosen |
|
FIN |
|
2.15m |
| 8. Niki Palli |
|
ISR |
|
2.15m |
| |
Martyn Bernard clears the high jump bar during the 2010 Championships in Barcelona.
Photo George Herringshaw. © 29th. July 2010.
In 2014 Martyn finished 5th at the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow (2:21m)
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|
Men's High Jump Final.
2010 European Athletics Championships.
|
| 1. Aleksandr SHUSTOV |
|
RUS |
|
2.33m |
| 2. Ivan UKHOV |
|
RUS |
|
2.31m |
| 3. Martyn BERNARD |
|
GBR |
|
2.29m |
| 4. Linus THORNBLAD |
|
SWE |
|
2.29m |
| 5. Jaroslav BABA |
|
CZE |
|
2.26m |
| 6. Oleksandr NARTOV |
|
UKR |
|
2.26m |
| 7. Aleksey DMITRIK |
|
RUS |
|
2.26m |
| 8. Konstadinos BANIOTIS |
|
GRE |
|
2.23m |
ANNUAL PROGRESS HIGH JUMP.
2014 2.22 Bedford, GBR 01 JUN
2014 2.22 Clermont, FL 26 APR
2012 2.28 Garbsen 20 MAY
2011 2.28 Birmingham 31 JUL
2010 2.29 Barcelona 29 JUL
2009 2.20 Belém 24 MAY
2008 2.30 Eberstadt 29 JUN (personal best)
2007 2.29 Osaka (Nagai Stadium) 27 AUG
2006 2.26 Melbourne 22 MAR
2005 2.24 Bedford 02 JUL
2004 2.27 Bedford 31 MAY
2003 2.17 Tampere 24 JUL
2002 2.21 Gorizia 06 JUL