Martyn Bernard

Martyn John Bernard (born 15 December 1984 in Wakefield, United Kingdom) is a British athlete, competing in high jump.

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.

Bernard represented Great Britain at the 2008 Summer Olympics in the high jump.

A natural entertainer Martyn is also very well known for providing spectators with his version of Gene Kelly’s ‘Singing in the Rain’ during the European Championships in Barcelona in 2010.

He is cousin to singer and Marks and Spencers model VV Brown and older brother of Luke Bernard.