# Baiba Bendika

Baiba Bendika (born 27 June 1991) is a Latvian biathlete.
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.

## 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 | Individual | Sprint | Sprint | Pursuit | Pursuit | Mass start | Mass start | Overall | Overall |
| Season | 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 |