Sara Takanashi

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 October 2023, 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]

Sara Takanashi
Takanashi in Hinzenbach, 2017
CountryJapan
Born (1996-10-08) 8 October 1996
Kamikawa, Hokkaido, Japan
Height1.52 m (5 ft 0 in)[1]
Ski clubKuraray
World Cup career
Seasons2012–present
Individual wins63
Team wins3
Indiv. podiums115
Team podiums6
Indiv. starts195
Team starts15
Overall titles4 (2013, 2014, 2016, 2017)
Medal record
Women's ski jumping
Representing  Japan
Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place2018 PyeongchangIndividual NH
World Championships
Gold medal – first place2013 Val di FiemmeMixed team NH
Silver medal – second place2013 Val di FiemmeIndividual NH
Silver medal – second place2021 OberstdorfIndividual LH
Bronze medal – third place2015 FalunMixed team NH
Bronze medal – third place2017 LahtiIndividual NH
Bronze medal – third place2017 LahtiMixed team NH
Bronze medal – third place2021 OberstdorfIndividual NH
Youth Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place2012 InnsbruckIndividual NH
Updated on 24 March 2023.

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 3639
2012–13 11,297
2013–14 11,720
2014–15 2973
2015–16 11,610
2016–17 11,455
2017–18 3916
2018–19 41,190
2019–20 4785
2020–21 2862
2021–22 5843
2022–23 10674

Individual wins
No. Season Date Location Hill Size
1 2011–123 March 2012  Japan ZaōYamagata HS100NH
2 2012–1324 November 2012  Norway LillehammerLysgårdsbakken HS100NH
3 14 December 2012  Austria RamsauW90-Mattensprunganlage HS98NH
4 5 January 2013  Germany SchonachLangenwaldschanze HS106NH
5 13 January 2013  Germany HinterzartenRothaus-Schanze HS108NH
6 10 February 2013  Japan ZaōYamagata HS100NH
7 10 February 2013  Japan ZaōYamagata HS100NH
8 16 February 2013  Slovenia Ljubno ob SavinjiSavina Ski Jumping Center HS95NH
9 17 February 2013  Slovenia Ljubno ob SavinjiSavina Ski Jumping Center HS95NH
10 2013–147 December 2013  Norway LillehammerLysgårdsbakken HS100NH
11 21 December 2013  Germany HinterzartenRothaus-Schanze HS108NH
12 22 December 2013  Germany HinterzartenRothaus-Schanze HS108NH
13 3 January 2014  Russia ChaykovskySnezhinka HS106NH
14 11 January 2014  Japan SapporoMiyanomori HS100NH
15 12 January 2014  Japan SapporoMiyanomori HS100NH
16 18 January 2014  Japan ZaōYamagata HS100NH
17 19 January 2014  Japan ZaōYamagata HS100NH
18 1 February 2014  Austria HinzenbachAigner-Schanze HS94NH
19 2 February 2014  Austria HinzenbachAigner-Schanze HS94NH
20 1 March 2014  Romania RâșnovTrambulina Valea Cărbunării HS100NH
21 2 March 2014  Romania RâșnovTrambulina Valea Cărbunării HS100NH
22 8 March 2014  Norway OsloHolmenkollbakken HS134LH
23 15 March 2014  Sweden FalunLugnet HS98NH
24 22 March 2014  Slovenia PlanicaBloudkova velikanka HS139LH
25 2014–1510 January 2015  Japan SapporoMiyanomori HS100NH
26 11 January 2015  Japan SapporoMiyanomori HS100NH
27 8 February 2015  Romania RâșnovTrambulina Valea Cărbunării HS100NH
28 14 February 2015  Slovenia Ljubno ob SavinjiSavina Ski Jumping Center HS95NH
29 15 February 2015  Slovenia Ljubno ob SavinjiSavina Ski Jumping Center HS95NH
30 13 March 2015  Norway OsloHolmenkollbakken HS134LH
31 2015–164 December 2015  Norway LillehammerLysgårdsbakken HS100NH
32 13 December 2015  Russia Nizhny TagilTramplin Stork HS97NH
33 16 January 2016  Japan SapporoMiyanomori HS100NH
34 17 January 2016  Japan SapporoMiyanomori HS100NH
35 22 January 2016  Japan ZaōYamagata HS106NH
36 23 January 2016  Japan ZaōYamagata HS106NH
37 30 January 2016  Germany OberstdorfSchattenbergschanze HS106NH
38 31 January 2016  Germany OberstdorfSchattenbergschanze HS106NH
39 4 February 2016  Norway OsloHolmenkollbakken HS134LH
40 6 February 2016  Austria HinzenbachAigner-Schanze HS94NH
41 7 February 2016  Austria HinzenbachAigner-Schanze HS94NH
42 19 February 2016  Finland LahtiSalpausselkä HS100NH
43 27 February 2016  Kazakhstan AlmatySunkar HS106NH
44 28 February 2016  Kazakhstan AlmatySunkar HS106NH
45 2016–172 December 2016  Norway LillehammerLysgårdsbakken HS100NH
46 3 December 2016  Norway LillehammerLysgårdsbakken HS100NH
47 11 December 2016  Russia Nizhny TagilTramplin Stork HS100NH
48 7 January 2017  Germany OberstdorfSchattenbergschanze HS137LH
49 8 January 2017  Germany OberstdorfSchattenbergschanze HS137LH
50 29 January 2017  Romania RâșnovTrambulina Valea Cărbunării HS100NH
51 4 February 2017  Austria HinzenbachAigner-Schanze HS94NH
52 5 February 2017  Austria HinzenbachAigner-Schanze HS94NH
53 16 February 2017  South Korea PyeongchangAlpensia Ski Jumping Centre HS109NH
54 2017–1824 March 2018  Germany OberstdorfSchattenbergschanze HS106NH
55 25 March 2018  Germany OberstdorfSchattenbergschanze HS106NH
56 2018–1910 February 2019  Slovenia Ljubno ob SavinjiSavina Ski Jumping Center HS94NH
57 2019–209 March 2020  Norway LillehammerLysgårdsbakken HS140LH
58 2020–216 February 2021  Austria HinzenbachAigner-Schanze HS90NH
59 7 February 2021  Austria HinzenbachAigner-Schanze HS90NH
60 19 February 2021  Romania RâșnovTrambulina Valea Cărbunării HS97NH
61 2021–221 January 2022  Slovenia Ljubno ob SavinjiSavina Ski Jumping Center HS94NH
62 2 March 2022 Norway LillehammerLysgårdsbakken HS140LH
63 6 March 2022 Norway OsloHolmenkollbakken HS134LH

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
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

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