Ema Kandalova
Ema Grace Kandalova is an English artistic gymnast and national team membe
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.
Junior gymnastics career
2023
At the 2023 English Championships Kandalova won bronze in the all-around and on vault. She later won silver on floor at Welsh Championships. At British Championships Kandalova placed 7th in the all-around.She represented Great Britain at the 2023 Junior World Championships alongside Abigail Martin and Jemima Taylor where the team finished 9th. 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.
Senior gymnastics career
2024
At her first British Championships as a senior Kandalova placed 15th in the all-around and made the bars and beam apparatus finals.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.
2025
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.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.