ERTA Bernat

Youth Olympic Games

Year	Location	400m
2018	Buenos Aires, ARG	6th (1:37.31)

World Relays

Year	Location	4 x 400m
2021	Chorzow, POL	6th (3:19.65)

Legend
SF - Semifinal, QF - Quarterfinal, 1R - 1st Round, Qual. - Qualification, QR - Qualification Round, DNF - Did Not Finish, DNS - Did Not Start, DQ - Disqualified, NM - No Mark, [Relay athlete without time] - Did not run in final

Athlete

Catalan, Spanish

New Balance [Spain]

Quim Erta [father], ESP

His father Quim competed in sprint events in the 1980s and won the 4x100 relay with AD Antorxa at the 1982 Spanish Championships. He has also served as Bernat's coach. His brother Arnau has competed in athletics for West Texas A & M University in the United States of America. (sport.es, 19 Mar 2020; rfea.es, 29 Jul 2017; wangconnection.com, 04 Jan 2016)

2019 for Spain, European Indoor Championships in Glasgow, Great Britain (rfea.es, 10 Jul 2021; rtve.es, 12 Mar 2019)

Growing problems discouraged him from trying athletics as a child, so he played football and tennis instead. At age 13 he decided to focus on athletics, first in hurdles and then in 400m. (runnersworld.com, 07 Mar 2019)

To compete at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. (Instagram profile, 03 Jul 2021)

His father and coach Quim Erta. (rtve.es, 12 Mar 2019)

"A painless lesson is meaningless because you can't win something without sacrificing something else in return. In the end the future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams." (Instagram profile, 11 Jul 2021)