Ema Kandalova

Ema Grace Kandalova (born 26 August 2008) is an English artistic gymnast and national team membe r. She is a silver medallist on beam and bronze medallist on floor at the 2025 British Championships.

As a junior Kandalova represented Great Britain at the 2023 European Youth Summer Olympic Festival, where she won team and all-around bronze, and also at the 2023 Junior World Championships.

Junior gymnastics career

2023 At the 2023 English Championships Kandalova won bronze in the all-around and on vault. She later won silver on floor at Welsh Championships. At British Championships Kandalova placed 7th in the all-around.

She represented Great Britain at the 2023 Junior World Championships alongside Abigail Martin and Jemima Taylor where the team finished 9th. Later that year Kandalova was named in the British team for the 2023 European Youth Summer Olympic Festival where she won team and all-around bronze.

Senior gymnastics career

2024 At her first British Championships as a senior Kandalova placed 15th in the all-around and made the bars and beam apparatus finals.

Kandalova represented England at the 2024 Leverkusen Cup alongside Shanna-Kae Grant and Tiegan Trafford where they won gold in the team competition. Individually Kandalova also won gold on vault and balance beam as well as silver in the all-around competition.

2025 At English Championships Kandalova placed 6th in the all-around. Later at the 2025 British Championships she placed 5th in the all-around, winning silver on beam and bronze on floor.

Kandalova was selected to represent Great Britain alongside Frances Stone, Shantae-Eve Amankwaah, Tilly Wright and Grace Davies at the 2025 DTB Pokal Team Challenge in Stuttgart where they won bronze. Kandalova qualified for the beam final where she also won bronze.

Competitive History YearEventTeamAAVTUBBBFXEspoir 2021 Rushmoor Rose Bowl 12 British Championships 6 Junior 2022 English Championships 11 British Championships 12 British Team Championships 7 Rushmoor Rose Bowl 5 4 6 Vera Caslavska Grand Prix 4 2023 English Championships Welsh Championships British Championships 7 Junior World Championships 9 European Youth Olympic Festival Senior 2024 Welsh Championships 11 English Championships 9 British Championships 15 8 8 Leverkusen Cup 2025 English Championships 6 British Championships 5 DTB Pokal Team Challenge