Sara Takanashi

Sara Takanashi
Takanashi in Hinzenbach, 2017
Born (1996-10-08) 8 October 1996 (age 28)
Kamikawa, Hokkaido, Japan
Height1.52 m (5 ft 0 in)[1]
Ski clubKuraray
Personal best188 m (617 ft)
Vikersund, 17 March 2024
World Cup career
Seasons2012–present
Indiv. starts221
Indiv. podiums116
Indiv. wins63
Team starts17
Team podiums6
Team wins3
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 24 November 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 November 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]

  1. ^ "Sara TAKANASHI". Olympic Channel. Archived from the original on 12 March 2021. Retrieved 28 March 2021.
  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.