Baiba Bendika

Baiba Bendika (born 27 June 1991) is a Latvian biathlete and cross-country skier.

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.

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.

Since 2017 Baiba Bendika partner is a former latvian biathlete and coach Ilmārs Bricis. Couples son Emīls was born in 2023.

Biathlon results All results are sourced from the International Biathlon Union.

Olympic Games 0 medals EventIndividualSprintPursuitMass startRelayMixed relay 2018 Pyeongchang 39th 39th 33rd — — — 2022 Beijing 58th 50th 48th — — — 2026 Milano Cortina 22nd 15th 42nd 22nd 17th 12th

World Championships 0 medals

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