Ema Kandalova
| Ema Kandalova | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Ema Grace Kandalova |
| Born | 26 August 2008 |
| Gymnastics career | |
| Discipline | Women's artistic gymnastics |
| Country represented |  Great Britain  England (2022–Present (GBR)) |
| Club | Tolworth Gym Club |
Ema Grace Kandalova (born 26 August 2008) is an English artistic gymnast and national team member. She is a silver medallist on beam and bronze medallist on floor at the 2025 British Championships.[1][2]
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. [3][4][5]
Junior gymnastics career
[edit]2023
[edit]At the 2023 English Championships Kandalova won bronze in the all-around and on vault. She later won silver on floor at Welsh Championships.[6] At British Championships Kandalova placed 7th in the all-around. [7]
She represented Great Britain at the 2023 Junior World Championships alongside Abigail Martin and Jemima Taylor where the team finished 9th.[8] 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. [3][5][9]
Senior gymnastics career
[edit]2024
[edit]At her first British Championships as a senior Kandalova placed 15th in the all-around and made the bars and beam apparatus finals. [10]
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.[11]
2025
[edit]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.[2][12]
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. [13]
Competitive History
[edit]| Year | Event | Team | AA | VT | UB | BB | FX |
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| 2021 | Rushmoor Rose Bowl | 12 | |||||
| British Championships | 6 |  |
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| 2022 | English Championships | 11 | |||||
| British Championships | 12 | ||||||
| British Team Championships | 7 | ||||||
| Rushmoor Rose Bowl | |
5 |  |
4 | 6 | ||
| Vera Caslavska Grand Prix | |
4 |  |
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| 2023 | English Championships | |
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| Welsh Championships |
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| British Championships | 7 | ||||||
| Junior World Championships | 9 | ||||||
| European Youth Olympic Festival | |
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| 2024 | Welsh Championships | 11 | |||||
| English Championships | 9 | ||||||
| British Championships | 15 | 8 | 8 | ||||
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| 2025 | English Championships | 6 | |||||
| British Championships | 5 | |
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| DTB Pokal Team Challenge | |
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References
[edit]- ^ "British Apparatus Champions decided at the 2025 British". www.british-gymnastics.org. Retrieved 2025-03-28.
- ^ a b "2025 British Championships Results". The Gymternet. 2025-03-25. Retrieved 2025-03-28.
- ^ a b "2023 European Youth Olympic Festival Results". The Gymternet. 2023-07-29. Retrieved 2025-03-28.
- ^ "KANDALOVA Ema - FIG Athlete Profile". www.gymnastics.sport. Retrieved 2025-04-15.
- ^ a b "Maribor 2023: The Results | Team GB". www.teamgb.com. Retrieved 2025-04-15.
- ^ "2023 English Championships". The Gymternet. 2023-02-18. Retrieved 2025-03-28.
- ^ "2023 British Championships Results". The Gymternet. 2023-03-27. Retrieved 2025-03-28.
- ^ "2023 Junior World Championships Results". The Gymternet. 2023-04-03. Retrieved 2025-03-28.
- ^ "EYOF 2023: Team GB success at European Youth Olympic Festival". BBC Newsround. 2023-07-30. Retrieved 2025-04-15.
- ^ "2024 British Championships Results". The Gymternet. 2024-03-18. Retrieved 2025-03-28.
- ^ "2024 Leverkusen Cup Results". The Gymternet. 2024-10-13. Retrieved 2025-03-28.
- ^ "2025 English Championships Results". The Gymternet. 2025-03-02. Retrieved 2025-03-28.
- ^ "2025 DTB Pokal Team Challenge Results". The Gymternet. 2025-03-31. Retrieved 2025-04-02.