Baiba Bendika
Baiba Bendika (born 27 June 1991) is a Latvian biathlete.
Bendika in 2017 | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Baiba Bendika | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 27 June 1991 Cēsis, Latvia | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.55 m (5 ft 1 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Website | baibabendika | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Biathlon | ||||||||||||||||||||
| World Cup debut | 2011 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Teams | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Medals | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| World Championships | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Teams | 8 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Medals | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Seasons | 8 (2011/12–) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| All podiums | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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| 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.
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.