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

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

*Key:Points—won World Cup points; Position—World Cup season ranking.

World Cup record

Finish in the Top 15

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