| Sara Takanashi | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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 Takanashi in Hinzenbach, 2017 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 8 October 1996 Kamikawa, Hokkaido, Japan | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.52 m (5 ft 0 in)[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ski club | Kuraray | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Personal best | 188 m (617 ft) Vikersund, 17 March 2024 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| World Cup career | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Seasons | 2012–present | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Starts | 219 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Podiums | 116 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wins | 63 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Overall titles | 4 (2013, 2014, 2016, 2017) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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| Updated on 21 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 November 2024[update], 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". Olympic Channel. Archived from the original on 12 March 2021. Retrieved 28 March 2021.
- ^ "Athlete: Takanashi Sara – all wins". fis-ski.com. Archived from the original on 28 February 2019. Retrieved 27 February 2019.
- ^ "A Japanese ski jumper breaks record to win 3 Guinness titles". The Indian Express. 22 April 2021. Retrieved 14 September 2021.