Marco Bernal

{{Short description|Colombian equestrian (born 1962)}}

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| name = Marco Bernal

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| fullname = Marco Bernal

| nationality = {{COL}}

| discipline = Dressage

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|mf=yes|1962|05|02}}

| birth_place = Bogotá, Colombia

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{{MedalSport | Equestrian}}

{{MedalCountry | {{COL}} }}

{{MedalCompetition |Pan American Games}}

{{MedalBronze|2011 Guadalajara|Team dressage}}

{{MedalSilver|1999 Winnipeg|Team dressage}}

{{MedalCompetition |Central American and Caribbean Games}}

{{MedalGold|2010 Mayagüez|Team dressage}}

{{MedalGold|2010 Mayagüez|Individual dressage}}

{{MedalGold|2014 Veracruz|Individual dressage}}

{{MedalSilver|2014 Veracruz|Team dressage}}

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Marco Bernal (born 2 May 1962) is a Colombian athlete in dressage. He competed at several Pan-American Games where he won team bronze in 2011 and team silver in 1999.{{cite news|title=Marco BERNAL |url=https://www.fei.org/athlete/10003318/BERNAL-Marco |website=FEI.org |access-date=October 10, 2021}} In 2010 Bernal was gold medaled at the Central American Games in Mayagüez, Puerto Rico. The same year he represented Colombia at the 2010 FEI World Equestrian Games in Lexington, Kentucky.{{cite news|title=MARCO BERNAL |url=https://masters-circle.com/team/marco/ |website=Masters Circle |access-date=October 10, 2021}}

Bernal was the first Latin American who graduated from the prestigious German riding school in Warendorf and was the first Colombian who competed at the World Cup Finals in Dressage, in Las Vegas 2009, where he received a wildcard from the FEI.{{Cite web|title=Marco Bernal - From Warendorf to Wellington|url=https://horsesdaily.com/article/marco-bernal-warendorf-wellington|date=2010-05-03|website=HorsesDaily|language=en}}

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