Sara Takanashi

Japanese ski jumper (1996-)

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 jumper 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 January 2022, Takanashi holds the record for the most individual World Cup wins, male or female, with 61.[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
高梨 沙羅
Takanashi in 2017
Country Japan
Born (1996-10-08) 8 October 1996 (age 27)
Kamikawa, Japan
Height1.52 m (5 ft 0 in)[1]
Ski clubKuraray
World Cup career
Seasons2012–present
Individual wins61
Team wins3
Indiv. podiums110
Team podiums6
Indiv. starts167
Team starts11
Overall titles4 (2013, 2014, 2016, 2017)
Medal record
Women's ski jumping
Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place 2018 Pyeongchang Individual NH
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2013 Val di Fiemme Mixed 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 NH
Bronze medal – third place 2017 Lahti Individual NH
Bronze medal – third place 2017 Lahti Mixed NH
Bronze medal – third place 2021 Oberstdorf Individual NH
Updated on 1 January 2022.

Results change

World Cup change

Standings change

Season Overall L3 RA BB ST AK
2011/12 3 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
2012/13 1 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
2013/14 1 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
2014/15 2 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
2015/16 1 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
2016/17 1 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
2017/18 3 3 N/A N/A N/A N/A
2018/19 4 28 7 6 N/A N/A
2019/20 4 N/A 6 N/A N/A N/A
2020/21 2 N/A N/A 2 N/A N/A
2021/22 5 N/A 2 N/A 3 33

Individual wins change

# Season Date Location Hill Type
1 2011/12 3 march 2012    Zaō HS100 NH
2 2012/13 24 november 2012    Lillehammer HS100 NH
3 14 december 2012    Ramsau am Dachstein HS98 NH
4 5 january 2013    Schonach HS106 NH
5 13 january 2013    Hinterzarten HS108 NH
6 10 february 2013    Zaō HS100 NH
7 10 february 2013    Zaō HS100 NH
8 16 february 2013    Ljubno ob Savinji HS95 NH
9 17 february 2013    Ljubno ob Savinji HS95 NH
10 2013/14 7 december 2013    Lillehammer HS100 NH
11 21 december 2013    Hinterzarten HS108 NH
12 22 december 2013    Hinterzarten HS108 NH
13 3 january 2014    Chaykovskiy HS106 NH
14 11 january 2014    Sapporo HS100 NH
15 12 january 2014    Sapporo HS100 NH
16 18 january 2014    Zaō HS100 NH
17 19 january 2014    Zaō HS100 NH
18 1 february 2014    Hinzenbach HS94 NH
19 2 february 2014    Hinzenbach HS94 NH
20 1 march 2014    Râșnov HS100 NH
21 2 march 2014    Râșnov HS100 NH
22 8 march 2014    Oslo HS134 LH
23 15 march 2014    Falun HS98 NH
24 22 march 2014    Planica HS139 LH
25 2014/15 10 january 2015    Sapporo HS100 NH
26 11 january 2015    Sapporo HS100 NH
27 8 february 2015    Râșnov HS100 NH
28 14 february 2015    Ljubno ob Savinji HS95 NH
29 15 february 2015    Ljubno ob Savinji HS95 NH
30 13 march 2015    Oslo HS134 LH
31 2015/16 4 december 2015    Lillehammer HS100 NH
32 13 december 2015    Nizhny Tagil HS97 NH
33 16 january 2016    Sapporo HS100 NH
34 17 january 2016    Sapporo HS100 NH
35 22 january 2016    Zaō HS106 NH
36 23 january 2016    Zaō HS106 NH
37 30 january 2016    Oberstdorf HS106 NH
38 31 january 2016    Oberstdorf HS106 NH
39 4 february 2016    Oslo HS134 LH
40 6 february 2016    Hinzenbach HS94 NH
41 7 february 2016    Hinzenbach HS94 NH
42 19 february 2016    Lahti HS100 NH
43 27 february 2016    Almaty HS106 NH
44 28 february 2016    Almaty HS106 NH
45 2016/17 2 december 2016    Lillehammer HS100 NH
46 3 december 2016    Lillehammer HS100 NH
47 11 december 2016    Nizhny Tagil HS100 NH
48 7 january 2017    Oberstdorf HS137 LH
49 8 january 2017    Oberstdorf HS137 LH
50 29 january 2017    Râșnov HS100 NH
51 4 february 2017    Hinzenbach HS94 NH
52 5 february 2017    Hinzenbach HS94 NH
53 16 february 2017    Pyeongchang HS109 NH
54 2017/18 24 march 2018    Oberstdorf HS106 NH
55 25 march 2018    Oberstdorf HS106 NH
56 2018/19 10 february 2019    Ljubno ob Savinji HS94 NH
57 2019/20 9 march 2020    Lillehammer HS140 LH
58 2020/21 6 february 2021    Hinzenbach HS90 NH
59 7 february 2021    Hinzenbach HS90 NH
60 19 february 2021    Râșnov HS97 NH
61 2021/22 1 january 2022    Ljubno ob Savinji HS94 NH
62 2 march 2022    Lillehammer HS140 LH
63 6 march 2022    Oslo HS134 LH

Individual starts change

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 Points
2011/12                           639
5 17 2 2 2 1 2 2 2
2012/13                                 1297
1 2 3 1 1 4 2 1 12 5 1 1 1 1 2 2
2013/14                                     1720
1 1 1 1 3 1 1 1 1 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
2014/15                           973
3 1 1 7 3 5 3 8 2 1 1 1 1
2015/16                                   1610
1 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 4 1 1 1
2016/17                                       1455
1 1 3 1 1 1 2 4 5 2 2 1 1 1 2 1 2
2017/18                               916
4 4 3 3 3 2 4 3 3 4 7 4 4 1 1
2018/19                                                 1190
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                                 785
9 3 4 4 5 2 4 4 9 16 4 4 4 5 1 8
2020/21                           862
3 4 7 2 DQ 1 1 2 1 2 3 2 7
2021/22                                       757
6 5 6 8 5 4 4 5 1 1 4 3 1

Grand Prix change

Standings change

Season Overall
2012 1
2013 1
2014 1
2015 1
2016 1
2017 1
2018 1
2019 1
2021 2

Individual wins change

# Season Date Location Hill Type
1 2012 22 september 2012    Almaty HS106 NH
2 23 september 2012    Almaty HS106 NH
3 2013 13 september 2013    Nizhny Tagil HS106 NH
4 14 september 2013    Nizhny Tagil HS106 NH
5 21 september 2013    Almaty HS68 NH
6 22 september 2013    Almaty HS106 NH
7 2014 20 september 2014    Almaty HS106 NH
8 21 september 2014    Almaty HS106 NH
9 2015 14 august 2015    Courchevel HS96 NH
10 5 september 2015    Chaykovskiy HS106 NH
11 6 september 2015    Chaykovskiy HS106 NH
12 12 september 2015    Almaty HS106 NH
13 13 september 2015    Almaty HS106 NH
14 2016 16 july 2016    Courchevel HS96 NH
15 10 september 2016    Chaykovskiy HS106 NH
16 11 september 2016    Chaykovskiy HS106 NH
17 2017 19 august 2017    Frenštát pod Radhoštěm HS106 NH
18 9 september 2017    Chaykovskiy HS102 NH
19 10 september 2017    Chaykovskiy HS102 NH
20 2018 28 july 2018    Hinterzarten HS108 NH
21 10 august 2018    Courchevel HS135 LH
22 17 august 2018    Frenštát pod Radhoštěm HS106 NH
23 18 august 2018    Frenštát pod Radhoštěm HS106 NH
24 2019 26 july 2019    Hinterzarten HS108 NH
25 9 august 2019    Courchevel HS135 LH
26 2021 15 august 2021    Frenštát pod Radhoštěm HS106 NH

Individual starts change

Season 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Points
2012         312
8 2 1 1
2013             525
2 5 1 1 1 1
2014     200
1 1
2015           500
1 1 1 1 1
2016       300
1 1 1
2017           380
2 1 1 1
2018           460
1 1 1 1 3
2019       200
1 1
2021               320
2 2 1 3

References change

  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.