Baiba Bendika (born 27 June 1991) is a Latvian biathlete.[1]

Baiba Bendika
Bendika in 2017
Personal information
Full nameBaiba Bendika
Born (1991-06-27) 27 June 1991 (age 33)
Cēsis, Latvia
Height1.56 m (5 ft 1 in)
Websitebaibabendika.com
Professional information
SportBiathlon
World Cup debut2011
Olympic Games
Teams2
Medals0
World Championships
Teams8
Medals0
World Cup
Seasons8 (2011/12–)
All podiums1
Medal record
Women's biathlon
Representing  Latvia
European Championships
Gold medal – first place 2021 Duszniki-Zdrój 7.5 km sprint
World Cup
Bronze medal – third place 2023 Nové Město
na Moravě
Single Mixed Relays (W+M)
Updated on 5 March 2023

She made her Biathlon World Cup debut in 2011. During the 2015–16 World Cup season, she reached her career first Top 10, finishing fifth at the 7.5 km spring in Canmore. It was the first time she gained World Cup points. Already next week in Presque Isle, she finished 15th at the 7.5 km sprint and 13th at the 10 km pursuit.

She competed at the 2022 Winter Olympics, in Biathlon Women's sprint, and Women's 4 × 5 kilometre relay.[2]

Baiba Bendika and Andrejs Rastorgujevs used nine spare rounds and the usual whirlwind dynamics accompanying the fiercest competition in the BMW IBU World Cup placed in Nové Město na Moravě, clinching third place in the Single Mixed Relays and a first-ever Relay podium for Latvia.

Biathlon results

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All results are sourced from the International Biathlon Union.

Olympic Games

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0 medals

Event Individual Sprint Pursuit Mass Start Relay
  2018 Pyeongchang 39th 39th 33rd
  2022 Beijing 58th 50th 48th

World Championships

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0 medals

Event Individual Sprint Pursuit Mass Start Relay Mixed Relay Single mixed relay
  2012 Ruhpolding 99th 95th LPD LPD
  2013 Nové Město 98th 91st LPD
  2015 Kontiolahti 92nd 82nd
  2016 Oslo Holmenkollen 65th 78th LPD
  2017 Hochfilzen 65th 50th 27th LPD
  2019 Östersund 52nd 17th 23rd 27th LPD 10th
  2020 Antholz-Anterselva 25th 12th 9th 18th LPD LPD 17th
  2021 Pokljuka 52nd 26th 18th 9th LPD 23rd 14th
  2023 Oberhof 44th 62nd 25th 19th
  2024 Nové Město na Moravě 67th 5th 11th 23rd 15th 19th 8th
*During Olympic seasons competitions are only held for those events not included in the Olympic program.
**The single mixed relay was added as an event in 2019.

World Cup

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Season Individual Sprint Pursuit Mass Start Overall
Points Position Points Position Points Position Points Position Points Position
2011–12
2012–13
2014–15
2015–16 70 38th 35 51st 18 43rd 123 49th
2016–17 6 65th 39 49th 45 69th
2017–18 43 16th 25 63rd 10 69th 4 49th 82 55th
2018–19 43 24th 61 44th 18 64th 8 45th 130 46th
2019–20 33 32nd 85 34th 86 20th 23 38th 227 32nd
*Key:Points—won World Cup points; Position—World Cup season ranking.

World Cup Record

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Finish in the Top 15

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Season Position Event Competition
2022–23 3rd   Nové Město na Moravě Single Mixed Relays (W+M)
2015–16 5th   Canmore 7.5 km sprint
2018–19 5th   Pokljuka 15 km individual
2021–22 9th   Hochfilzen 7.5 km sprint
2017–18 10th   Ruhpolding 15 km individual
2018–19 12th   Pokljuka 7.5 km sprint
2015–16 13th   Presque Isle 10 km pursuit
2021–22 13th   Oslo 7.5 km sprint
2021–22 14th   Östersund 7.5 km sprint
2015–16 15th   Presque Isle 7.5 km sprint
2019–20 15th   Kontiolahti 7.5 km sprint

References

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  1. ^ "Baiba Bendika". International Biathlon Union. Archived from the original on 24 March 2015. Retrieved 11 March 2015.
  2. ^ "Baiba BENDIKA". Beijing 2022 Olympic Winter Games. Archived from the original on 2022-03-18. Retrieved 2022-03-18.
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