Baiba Bendika

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

Baiba Bendika

Bendika in 2017
Personal information
Full name	Baiba Bendika
Born	(1991-06-27) 27 June 1991 (age 33) Cēsis, Latvia
Height	1.56 m (5 ft 1 in)
Website	baibabendika.com
Professional information
Sport	Biathlon
World Cup debut	2011
Olympic Games
Teams	2
Medals	0
World Championships
Teams	8
Medals	0
World Cup
Seasons	8 (2011/12–)
All podiums	1
Medal record Women's biathlon Representing  Latvia European Championships 2021 Duszniki-Zdrój 7.5 km sprint 2025 Val Martello 10 km pursuit 2025 Val Martello 7.5 km sprint World Cup 2023 Nové Město na Moravě Single Mixed Relays (W+M)
Updated on 1 February 2025

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. This 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 the 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,^[3] clinching third place in the single mixed relays and a first-ever relay podium for Latvia.

Biathlon results

All results are sourced from the International Biathlon Union.

Olympic Games

0 medals

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

World Championships

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

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

Finish in the Top 15

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

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.
3. BMW IBU World Cup placed in Nové Město na Moravě

External links

• Baiba Bendika at IBU
• Baiba Bendika at FIS (cross-country)
• Baiba Bendika at Olympics.com
• Baiba Bendika at Olympedia
• Baiba Bendika at the Latvijas Olimpiskā komiteja (in Latvian) (English translation, archive)