Ema Bendová
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born | 26 February 2007 |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Athletics |
Events | Sprint, Long jump |
| Achievements and titles | |
| Personal bests | 60m: 7.34 s (Vienna, 2026) 100m: 11.80 s (Bratislava, 2025) 200m: 23.68 s (Ostrava, 2026) Long jump : 6.08 m (Vienna, 2026) |
Ema Bendová (born 26 February 2007) is a Slovak sprinter and long jumper. She became senior national champion at the 2026 Slovak Indoor Championships in the 200 metres.[1]
Biography
From Košice, she is coached by her mother Naďa Bendová. Her father Andrej and older brother Jakub also competed in athletics, and she began to compete at a young age. She is a member of KĽŠ KRYHA Bratislava and represented Slovakia at the 2023 European Youth Summer Olympic Festival in Maribor.[2][3]
In February 2024, Bendova jumped a personal best 5.94 cm in the long jump at the Slovak Indoor Championships. In July 2024, she was a finalist in the long jump at the 2024 European Athletics U18 Championships in Banská Bystrica, placing seventh overall having surpassed her previous personal best with 5.95 metres.[4] The following year, she represented Slovakia in the 100 metres at the 2025 European Athletics U20 Championships.[5]
At the Slovakia Indoor Championships in February 2026, she won the 200 metres title in 23.68 seconds, and placed third in the long jump with a jump of 5.92 metres.[6][7] With her 200 m time, she improved her own Slovak junior indoor record by three tenths of second, and set a new meeting record, surpassing the previous record of 23.81 set by Lucie Ivanová in 2003.[8] She jumped a new personal best in the long jump, going beyond six metres for the first time, in Vienna the following month, making a jump of 6.08 metres.[3] She was selected for the 2026 World Athletics Indoor Championships in Poland.[9][10]
References
- ↑ "Ema Bendová". World Athletics. Retrieved 17 March 2026.
- ↑ Smrigová, Elen (10 June 2024). "Do atletiky sa narodila. Ema Bendová: Nesmierne sa teším na atmosféru v Banskej Bystrici". atletika.sk (in Slovak). Retrieved 17 March 2026.
- 1 2 Marcinát, Juraj (7 March 2026). "Tereza Čorejová zopakovala vo Viedni svoj top výkon 8,07 a už verí v Toruň, Emma Bendová sama nečakala, že v diaľke padne 6 metrov". Atletika.sk (in Slovak). Retrieved 17 March 2026.
- ↑ Marcinát, Juraj (20 July 2024). "Ema Bendová postúpila do finále diaľky, Daša Ballová oň v oštepe prišla v poslednej sérii kvalifikácie, ale aj ona mala radosť z osobáku". atletika.sk (in Slovak). Retrieved 17 March 2026.
- ↑ Marcinát, Juraj (7 August 2025). "MEJ 2025 v Tampere: Raketový postup Lenky Gymerskej na 400 m, do semifinále aj Matej Brezina a Nina Čanecká na 400 m prekážok". Atletika.sk (in Slovak). Retrieved 17 March 2026.
- ↑ "Slovak Indoor Champiosnhips". World Athletics. 1 March 2026. Retrieved 4 March 2026.
- ↑ "Slovak Indoor Champiosnhips". World Athletics. 1 March 2026. Retrieved 4 March 2026.
- ↑ "Bendová prekonala svoj vlastný juniorský slovenský rekord na 200 m". Teraz.sk (in Slovak). 27 Feb 2026. Retrieved 17 March 2026.
- ↑ Marcinát, Juraj (9 March 2026). "Na halové MS 2026 do Torune prihlásil SAZ 10 športovcov, istotu majú limitárky Zapletalová s Gajanovou, Čorejová, členky a náhradníčky štafety na 4×400 m a aj Dávid". Atletika.sk (in Slovak). Retrieved 17 March 2026.
- ↑ Marcinát, Juraj (12 March 2026). "Slováci na halové MS prvý raz v dvojcifernom počte, do Torune cestuje aj Ema Bendová. Emma Zapletalová ako druhá najrýchlejšia na 400 m, sekundovať jej bude Daniela Ledecká, ktorú ako jedinú nečaká debut". Atletika.sk (in Slovak). Retrieved 17 March 2026.