Fatma el-Bendary gained her first international experience in 2018 at the African Championships in Asaba , where she took fourth place with a skipped 3.80 m. The following year she took part in the Africa Games in Rabat for the first time , where she won the silver medal behind the Tunisian Dorra Mahfoudhi with 4.10 m .
In 2018 el-Bendary became Egyptian champion in the pole vault.