Sara Takanashi
Takanashi in Hinzenbach, 2017
CountryJapan
Born (1996-10-08) 8 October 1996 (age 27)
Kamikawa, Hokkaido, Japan
Height1.52 m (5 ft 0 in)[1]
Ski clubKuraray
World Cup career
Seasons2012–present
Starts213
Podiums116
Wins63
Overall titles4 (2013, 2014, 2016, 2017)
Medal record
Women's ski jumping
Representing  Japan
Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place 2018 Pyeongchang Individual NH
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2013 Val di Fiemme Mixed team NH
Silver medal – second place 2013 Val di Fiemme Individual NH
Silver medal – second place 2021 Oberstdorf Individual LH
Bronze medal – third place 2015 Falun Mixed team NH
Bronze medal – third place 2017 Lahti Individual NH
Bronze medal – third place 2017 Lahti Mixed team NH
Bronze medal – third place 2021 Oberstdorf Individual NH
Youth Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2012 Innsbruck Individual NH
Updated on 1 March 2024.

Sara Takanashi (高梨 沙羅, Takanashi Sara) (born 8 October 1996) is a Japanese ski jumper. She is one of the most successful female ski jumpers to date, as well as one of the most successful athletes in the history of the sport, having won four World Cup overall titles (an all-time female record), seven World Championship medals, and a Winter Olympic medal. As of March 2024, Takanashi holds the record for the most individual World Cup wins, male or female, with 63.[2] She also has three Guinness World Records certificates for the most podium finishes in the Ski Jumping World Cup, the most individual victories by a female in the Ski Jumping World Cup, and the most Ski Jumping World Cup individual victories in a career (overall).[3]

Career

Takanashi placed sixth at the 2011 World Championship in Oslo.[4] In the World Cup, she debuted on 3 December 2011 in Lillehammer where she finished fifth.

During the 2013–14 season, Takanashi won 15 out of 18 individual World Cup ski jumping events. At the 2014 Winter Olympics, she was ranked third after her first jump in the medal round, but dropped to fourth place in the final round and missed the podium.[5] In the 2015–16 season, she won her third World Cup overall title.[6]

Takanashi also won the first-ever women's World Cup team competition in Hinterzarten on 16 December 2017. Her teammates included Yuki Ito, Kaori Iwabuchi and Yuka Seto.[7]

She won a bronze medal in the individual normal hill event at the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang.[8]

Major tournament results

Winter Olympics

Year Place NH Mixed NH
2014 Russia Sochi 4 N/A
2018 South Korea Pyeongchang 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) N/A
2022 China Beijing 4 4

FIS Nordic World Ski Championships

Year Place NH LH Team NH Mixed NH
2011 Norway Oslo 6 N/A N/A N/A
2013 Italy Val di Fiemme 2nd place, silver medalist(s) N/A N/A 1st place, gold medalist(s)
2015 Sweden Falun 4 N/A N/A 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
2017 Finland Lahti 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) N/A N/A 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
2019 Austria Seefeld 6 N/A 6 5
2021 Germany Oberstdorf 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 4 5
2023 Slovenia Planica 20 — — —

World Cup

Standings

Season Position Points
2011–12 3 639
2012–13 1 1,297
2013–14 1 1,720
2014–15 2 973
2015–16 1 1,610
2016–17 1 1,455
2017–18 3 916
2018–19 4 1,190
2019–20 4 785
2020–21 2 862
2021–22 5 843
2022–23 10 674

Individual wins

No. Season Date Location Hill Size
1 2011–12 3 March 2012   Japan Zaō Yamagata HS100 NH
2 2012–13 24 November 2012   Norway Lillehammer Lysgårdsbakken HS100 NH
3 14 December 2012   Austria Ramsau W90-Mattensprunganlage HS98 NH
4 5 January 2013   Germany Schonach Langenwaldschanze HS106 NH
5 13 January 2013   Germany Hinterzarten Rothaus-Schanze HS108 NH
6 10 February 2013   Japan Zaō Yamagata HS100 NH
7 10 February 2013   Japan Zaō Yamagata HS100 NH
8 16 February 2013   Slovenia Ljubno ob Savinji Savina Ski Jumping Center HS95 NH
9 17 February 2013   Slovenia Ljubno ob Savinji Savina Ski Jumping Center HS95 NH
10 2013–14 7 December 2013   Norway Lillehammer Lysgårdsbakken HS100 NH
11 21 December 2013   Germany Hinterzarten Rothaus-Schanze HS108 NH
12 22 December 2013   Germany Hinterzarten Rothaus-Schanze HS108 NH
13 3 January 2014   Russia Chaykovsky Snezhinka HS106 NH
14 11 January 2014   Japan Sapporo Miyanomori HS100 NH
15 12 January 2014   Japan Sapporo Miyanomori HS100 NH
16 18 January 2014   Japan Zaō Yamagata HS100 NH
17 19 January 2014   Japan Zaō Yamagata HS100 NH
18 1 February 2014   Austria Hinzenbach Aigner-Schanze HS94 NH
19 2 February 2014   Austria Hinzenbach Aigner-Schanze HS94 NH
20 1 March 2014   Romania Râșnov Trambulina Valea Cărbunării HS100 NH
21 2 March 2014   Romania Râșnov Trambulina Valea Cărbunării HS100 NH
22 8 March 2014   Norway Oslo Holmenkollbakken HS134 LH
23 15 March 2014   Sweden Falun Lugnet HS98 NH
24 22 March 2014   Slovenia Planica Bloudkova velikanka HS139 LH
25 2014–15 10 January 2015   Japan Sapporo Miyanomori HS100 NH
26 11 January 2015   Japan Sapporo Miyanomori HS100 NH
27 8 February 2015   Romania Râșnov Trambulina Valea Cărbunării HS100 NH
28 14 February 2015   Slovenia Ljubno ob Savinji Savina Ski Jumping Center HS95 NH
29 15 February 2015   Slovenia Ljubno ob Savinji Savina Ski Jumping Center HS95 NH
30 13 March 2015   Norway Oslo Holmenkollbakken HS134 LH
31 2015–16 4 December 2015   Norway Lillehammer Lysgårdsbakken HS100 NH
32 13 December 2015   Russia Nizhny Tagil Tramplin Stork HS97 NH
33 16 January 2016   Japan Sapporo Miyanomori HS100 NH
34 17 January 2016   Japan Sapporo Miyanomori HS100 NH
35 22 January 2016   Japan Zaō Yamagata HS106 NH
36 23 January 2016   Japan Zaō Yamagata HS106 NH
37 30 January 2016   Germany Oberstdorf Schattenbergschanze HS106 NH
38 31 January 2016   Germany Oberstdorf Schattenbergschanze HS106 NH
39 4 February 2016   Norway Oslo Holmenkollbakken HS134 LH
40 6 February 2016   Austria Hinzenbach Aigner-Schanze HS94 NH
41 7 February 2016   Austria Hinzenbach Aigner-Schanze HS94 NH
42 19 February 2016   Finland Lahti Salpausselkä HS100 NH
43 27 February 2016   Kazakhstan Almaty Sunkar HS106 NH
44 28 February 2016   Kazakhstan Almaty Sunkar HS106 NH
45 2016–17 2 December 2016   Norway Lillehammer Lysgårdsbakken HS100 NH
46 3 December 2016   Norway Lillehammer Lysgårdsbakken HS100 NH
47 11 December 2016   Russia Nizhny Tagil Tramplin Stork HS100 NH
48 7 January 2017   Germany Oberstdorf Schattenbergschanze HS137 LH
49 8 January 2017   Germany Oberstdorf Schattenbergschanze HS137 LH
50 29 January 2017   Romania Râșnov Trambulina Valea Cărbunării HS100 NH
51 4 February 2017   Austria Hinzenbach Aigner-Schanze HS94 NH
52 5 February 2017   Austria Hinzenbach Aigner-Schanze HS94 NH
53 16 February 2017   South Korea Pyeongchang Alpensia Ski Jumping Centre HS109 NH
54 2017–18 24 March 2018   Germany Oberstdorf Schattenbergschanze HS106 NH
55 25 March 2018   Germany Oberstdorf Schattenbergschanze HS106 NH
56 2018–19 10 February 2019   Slovenia Ljubno ob Savinji Savina Ski Jumping Center HS94 NH
57 2019–20 9 March 2020   Norway Lillehammer Lysgårdsbakken HS140 LH
58 2020–21 6 February 2021   Austria Hinzenbach Aigner-Schanze HS90 NH
59 7 February 2021   Austria Hinzenbach Aigner-Schanze HS90 NH
60 19 February 2021   Romania Râșnov Trambulina Valea Cărbunării HS97 NH
61 2021–22 1 January 2022   Slovenia Ljubno ob Savinji Savina Ski Jumping Center HS94 NH
62 2 March 2022  Norway Lillehammer Lysgårdsbakken HS140 LH
63 6 March 2022  Norway Oslo Holmenkollbakken HS134 LH

Individual starts

winner (1); second (2); third (3); did not compete (–); disqualified (DQ)
Season 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27
2011–12 Lillehammer Hinterzten Hinterzten Val di Fiemme Val di Fiemme Hinzenbach Hinzenbach Ljubno ob Savinji Ljubno ob Savinji Zaō Onsen Zaō Onsen Zaō Onsen Oslo
5 17 2 – – – – 2 2 1 2 2 2
2012–13 Lillehammer Sochi Sochi Ramsau am Dachstein Schonach Schonach Hinterzten Hinterzten Sapporo Sapporo Zaō Onsen Zaō Onsen Ljubno ob Savinji Ljubno ob Savinji Trondheim Oslo
1 2 3 1 1 4 2 1 12 5 1 1 1 1 2 2
2013–14 Lillehammer Hinterzten Hinterzten Chaykovsky, Perm Krai Chaykovsky, Perm Krai Sapporo Sapporo Zaō Onsen Zaō Onsen Planica Planica Hinzenbach Hinzenbach Râșnov Râșnov Oslo Falun Planica
1 1 1 1 3 1 1 1 1 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
2014–15 Lillehammer Sapporo Sapporo Zaō Onsen Oberstdorf Oberstdorf Hinzenbach Hinzenbach Râșnov Râșnov Ljubno ob Savinji Ljubno ob Savinji Oslo
3 1 1 7 3 5 3 8 2 1 1 1 1
2015–16 Lillehammer Nizhny Tagil Nizhny Tagil Sapporo Sapporo Zaō Onsen Zaō Onsen Oberstdorf Oberstdorf Oslo Hinzenbach Hinzenbach Ljubno ob Savinji Ljubno ob Savinji Lahti Almaty Almaty
1 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 4 1 1 1
2016–17 Lillehammer Lillehammer Nizhny Tagil Nizhny Tagil Oberstdorf Oberstdorf Sapporo Sapporo Zaō Onsen Zaō Onsen Râșnov Râșnov Hinzenbach Hinzenbach Ljubno ob Savinji Ljubno ob Savinji Pyeongchang Pyeongchang Oslo
1 1 3 1 1 1 2 4 5 2 2 1 1 1 – – 2 1 2
2017–18 Lillehammer Lillehammer Lillehammer Hinterzarten Sapporo Sapporo Zaō Onsen Zaō Onsen Ljubno ob Savinji Ljubno ob Savinji Râșnov Râșnov Oslo Oberstdorf Oberstdorf
4 4 3 3 3 2 4 3 3 4 7 4 4 1 1
2018–19 Lillehammer Lillehammer Lillehammer Prémanon Prémanon Sapporo Sapporo Zaō Onsen Zaō Onsen Râșnov Râșnov Hinzenbach Hinzenbach Ljubno ob Savinji Ljubno ob Savinji Oberstdorf Oberstdorf Oslo Lillehammer Trondheim Nizhny Tagil Nizhny Tagil Chaykovsky, Perm Krai Chaykovsky, Perm Krai
3 DQ 11 2 3 11 8 2 6 3 7 4 2 2 1 4 3 4 14 6 9 5 3 8
2019–20 Lillehammer Lillehammer Klingenthal Sapporo Sapporo Zaō Onsen Zaō Onsen Râșnov Râșnov Oberstdorf Oberstdorf Hinzenbach Hinzenbach Ljubno ob Savinji Oslo Lillehammer
9 3 4 4 5 2 4 4 9 16 4 4 4 5 1 8
2020–21 Ramsau am Dachstein Ljubno ob Savinji Titisee-Neustadt Titisee-Neustadt Hinzenbach Hinzenbach Hinzenbach Râșnov Râșnov Nizhny Tagil Nizhny Tagil Chaykovsky, Perm Krai Chaykovsky, Perm Krai
3 4 7 2 DQ 1 1 2 1 2 3 2 7
2021–22 Nizhny Tagil Nizhny Tagil Lillehammer Lillehammer Klingenthal Klingenthal Ramsau am Dachstein Ljubno ob Savinji Ljubno ob Savinji Willingen Willingen Hinzenbach Hinzenbach Lillehammer Lillehammer Oslo Oslo Oberhof Oberhof
6 5 6 8 5 4 4 5 1 – – – – 1 4 3 1 4 7
2022–23 Wisła Wisła Lillehammer Lillehammer Titisee-Neustadt Villach Villach Ljubno ob Savinji Ljubno ob Savinji Sapporo Sapporo Zaō Onsen Zaō Onsen Hinterzarten Hinterzarten Willingen Willingen Hinzenbach Hinzenbach Râșnov Râșnov Oslo Oslo Lillehammer Lillehammer Lahti
6 5 18 16 14 11 14 5 10 11 10 9 30 4 4 3 3 8 11 – – – – 10 11 11
2023–24 Lillehammer Lillehammer Engelberg Engelberg Garmisch-Partenkirchen Oberstdorf Villach Villach Sapporo Sapporo Zaō Onsen Ljubno ob Savinji Ljubno ob Savinji Willingen Willingen Hinzenbach Hinzenbach Lahti Oslo Oslo Trondheim Trondheim Vikersund Vikersund Planica
12 6 21 11 6 19 9 11 4 7 11 8 6 2 4 12 9 6

References

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  2. ^ "Athlete: Takanashi Sara – all wins". fis-ski.com. Archived from the original on 28 February 2019. Retrieved 27 February 2019.
  3. ^ "A Japanese ski jumper breaks record to win 3 Guinness titles". The Indian Express. 22 April 2021. Retrieved 14 September 2021.
  4. ^ "World Ski Championships Oslo (NOR)". fis-ski.com.
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