Sara Takanashi

(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 two bronze Winter Olympics medals. , Takanashi holds the record for the most individual World Cup wins, male or female, with 63. 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).

Career Takanashi placed sixth at the 2011 World Championship in Oslo. 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. In the 2015–16 season, she won her third World Cup overall title.

With the Japan national team, Takanashi 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.

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

Major tournament results Winter Olympics

FIS Nordic World Ski Championships

World Cup results Overall standings SeasonPositionPoints2011–123 6392012–13 11,2972013–14 1 1,7202014–152 9732015–161 1,6102016–171 1,4552017–183 9162018–194 1,1902019–204 7852020–2128622021–225 8432022–2310 6742023–249 7992024–2512 6012025–269 931

Individual wins No. Season Date Location Hill Size12011–12 3 March 2012 Zaō Yamagata HS100 22012–13 24 November 2012 Lillehammer Lysgårdsbakken HS100 NH314 December 2012 Ramsau W90-Mattensprunganlage HS98 NH45 January 2013 Schonach Langenwaldschanze HS106 NH513 January 2013 Hinterzarten Rothaus-Schanze HS108 NH610 February 2013 Zaō Yamagata HS100 NH710 February 2013 Zaō Yamagata HS100 NH816 February 2013 Ljubno ob Savinji Savina Ski Jumping Center HS95 NH917 February 2013 Ljubno ob Savinji Savina Ski Jumping Center HS95 NH102013–14 7 December 2013 Lillehammer Lysgårdsbakken HS100 NH1121 December 2013 Hinterzarten Rothaus-Schanze HS108 NH1222 December 2013 Hinterzarten Rothaus-Schanze HS108 NH133 January 2014 Chaykovsky Snezhinka HS106 NH1411 January 2014 Sapporo Miyanomori HS100 NH1512 January 2014 Sapporo Miyanomori HS100 NH1618 January 2014 Zaō Yamagata HS100 NH1719 January 2014 Zaō Yamagata HS100 NH181 February 2014 Hinzenbach Aigner-Schanze HS94 NH192 February 2014 Hinzenbach Aigner-Schanze HS94 NH201 March 2014 Râșnov Trambulina Valea Cărbunării HS100 NH212 March 2014 Râșnov Trambulina Valea Cărbunării HS100 NH228 March 2014 Oslo Holmenkollbakken HS134 2315 March 2014 Falun Lugnet HS98 NH2422 March 2014 Planica Bloudkova velikanka HS139 LH252014–15 10 January 2015 Sapporo Miyanomori HS100 NH2611 January 2015 Sapporo Miyanomori HS100 NH278 February 2015 Râșnov Trambulina Valea Cărbunării HS100 NH2814 February 2015 Ljubno ob Savinji Savina Ski Jumping Center HS95 NH2915 February 2015 Ljubno ob Savinji Savina Ski Jumping Center HS95 NH3013 March 2015 Oslo Holmenkollbakken HS134 LH312015–16 4 December 2015 Lillehammer Lysgårdsbakken HS100 NH3213 December 2015 Nizhny Tagil Tramplin Stork HS97 NH3316 January 2016 Sapporo Miyanomori HS100 NH3417 January 2016 Sapporo Miyanomori HS100 NH3522 January 2016 Zaō Yamagata HS106 NH3623 January 2016 Zaō Yamagata HS106 NH3730 January 2016 Oberstdorf Schattenbergschanze HS106 NH3831 January 2016 Oberstdorf Schattenbergschanze HS106 NH394 February 2016 Oslo Holmenkollbakken HS134 LH406 February 2016 Hinzenbach Aigner-Schanze HS94 NH417 February 2016 Hinzenbach Aigner-Schanze HS94 NH4219 February 2016 Lahti Salpausselkä HS100 NH4327 February 2016 Almaty Sunkar HS106 NH4428 February 2016 Almaty Sunkar HS106 NH452016–17 2 December 2016 Lillehammer Lysgårdsbakken HS100 NH463 December 2016 Lillehammer Lysgårdsbakken HS100 NH4711 December 2016 Nizhny Tagil Tramplin Stork HS100 NH487 January 2017 Oberstdorf Schattenbergschanze HS137 LH498 January 2017 Oberstdorf Schattenbergschanze HS137 LH5029 January 2017 Râșnov Trambulina Valea Cărbunării HS100 NH514 February 2017 Hinzenbach Aigner-Schanze HS94 NH525 February 2017 Hinzenbach Aigner-Schanze HS94 NH5316 February 2017 Pyeongchang Alpensia Ski Jumping Centre HS109 NH542017–18 24 March 2018 Oberstdorf Schattenbergschanze HS106 NH5525 March 2018 Oberstdorf Schattenbergschanze HS106 NH562018–19 10 February 2019 Ljubno ob Savinji Savina Ski Jumping Center HS94 NH572019–20 9 March 2020 Lillehammer Lysgårdsbakken HS140 LH582020–21 6 February 2021 Hinzenbach Aigner-Schanze HS90 NH597 February 2021 Hinzenbach Aigner-Schanze HS90 NH6019 February 2021 Râșnov Trambulina Valea Cărbunării HS97 NH612021–22 1 January 2022 Ljubno ob Savinji Savina Ski Jumping Center HS94 NH622 March 2022 Lillehammer Lysgårdsbakken HS140 LH636 March 2022 Oslo Holmenkollbakken HS134 LH

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