Sara Takanashi

Sara Takanashi
Sara Takanashi
	Takanashi in 2017
Country	Japan
Born	8 October 1996 (age 24); Kamikawa, Hokkaido, Japan
Height	1.52 m (5 ft 0 in)
Ski club	Kuraray
Personal best	144 m (472 ft)[citation needed]; Sapporo, 2 November 2018
World Cup career
Seasons	2012–present
Individual wins	60
Team wins	3
Indiv. podiums	109
Team podiums	6
Indiv. starts	158
Team starts	11
Overall titles	4 (2013, 2014, 2016, 2017)
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Women's ski jumping
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	Updated on 28 March 2021.

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 March 2021, Takanashi holds the record for the most individual World Cup wins, male or female, with 60.^[2]

Career[]

Takanashi placed sixth in the 2011 World Championship in Oslo.^[3] In the World Cup she debuted on 3 December 2011 in Lillehammer where she took fifth place.

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.^[4]

In the 2015–16 season she won her third World Cup overall title.^[5]

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.^[6]

She won the bronze medal in individual normal hill event at the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang.^[7]

Major tournament results[]

Winter Olympics[]

Year	Place	NH
2014	Sochi	4
2018	Pyeongchang

FIS World Nordic Ski Championships[]

Year	Place	NH	LH	Team NH	Mixed NH
2011	Oslo	6	N/A	N/A	N/A
2013	Val di Fiemme		N/A	N/A
2015	Falun	4	N/A	N/A
2017	Lahti		N/A	N/A
2019	Seefeld	6	N/A	6	5
2021	Oberstdorf			4	5

World Cup[]

Standings[]

Season	Overall	L3	RA	BB
2011/12		N/A	N/A	N/A
2012/13		N/A	N/A	N/A
2013/14		N/A	N/A	N/A
2014/15		N/A	N/A	N/A
2015/16		N/A	N/A	N/A
2016/17		N/A	N/A	N/A
2017/18			N/A	N/A
2018/19	4	28	7	6
2019/20	4	N/A	6	N/A
2020/21		N/A	N/A

Individual wins[]

No.	Season	Date	Location	Hill	Size
1	2011/12	3 March 2012	Zaō	Yamagata HS100	NH
2	2012/13	24 November 2012	Lillehammer	Lysgårdsbakken HS100	NH
3		14 December 2012	Ramsau	W90-Mattensprunganlage HS98	NH
4		5 January 2013	Schonach	Langenwaldschanze HS106	NH
5		13 January 2013	Hinterzarten	Rothaus-Schanze HS108	NH
6		10 February 2013	Zaō	Yamagata HS100	NH
7		10 February 2013	Zaō	Yamagata HS100	NH
8		16 February 2013	Ljubno ob Savinji	Savina Ski Jumping Center HS95	NH
9		17 February 2013	Ljubno ob Savinji	Savina Ski Jumping Center HS95	NH
10	2013/14	7 December 2013	Lillehammer	Lysgårdsbakken HS100	NH
11		21 December 2013	Hinterzarten	Rothaus-Schanze HS108	NH
12		22 December 2013	Hinterzarten	Rothaus-Schanze HS108	NH
13		3 January 2014	Chaykovsky	Snezhinka HS106	NH
14		11 January 2014	Sapporo	Miyanomori HS100	NH
15		12 January 2014	Sapporo	Miyanomori HS100	NH
16		18 January 2014	Zaō	Yamagata HS100	NH
17		19 January 2014	Zaō	Yamagata HS100	NH
18		1 February 2014	Hinzenbach	Aigner-Schanze HS94	NH
19		2 February 2014	Hinzenbach	Aigner-Schanze HS94	NH
20		1 March 2014	Râșnov	Trambulina Valea Cărbunării HS100	NH
21		2 March 2014	Râșnov	Trambulina Valea Cărbunării HS100	NH
22		8 March 2014	Oslo	Holmenkollbakken HS134	LH
23		15 March 2014	Falun	Lugnet HS98 (night)	NH
24		22 March 2014	Planica	Bloudkova velikanka HS139	LH
25	2014/15	10 January 2015	Sapporo	Miyanomori HS100	NH
26		11 January 2015	Sapporo	Miyanomori HS100	NH
27		8 February 2015	Râșnov	Trambulina Valea Cărbunării HS100	NH
28		14 February 2015	Ljubno ob Savinji	Savina Ski Jumping Center HS95	NH
29		15 February 2015	Ljubno ob Savinji	Savina Ski Jumping Center HS95	NH
30		13 March 2015	Oslo	Holmenkollbakken HS134	LH
31	2015/16	4 December 2015	Lillehammer	Lysgårdsbakken HS100 (night)	NH
32		13 December 2015	Nizhny Tagil	Tramplin Stork HS97	NH
33		16 January 2016	Sapporo	Miyanomori HS100	NH
34		17 January 2016	Sapporo	Miyanomori HS100	NH
35		22 January 2016	Zaō	Yamagata HS106 (night)	NH
36		23 January 2016	Zaō	Yamagata HS106 (night)	NH
37		30 January 2016	Oberstdorf	Schattenbergschanze HS106	NH
38		31 January 2016	Oberstdorf	Schattenbergschanze HS106	NH
39		4 February 2016	Oslo	Holmenkollbakken HS134 (night)	LH
40		6 February 2016	Hinzenbach	Aigner-Schanze HS94	NH
41		7 February 2016	Hinzenbach	Aigner-Schanze HS94	NH
42		19 February 2016	Lahti	Salpausselkä HS100	NH
43		27 February 2016	Almaty	Sunkar HS106	NH
44		28 February 2016	Almaty	Sunkar HS106	NH
45	2016/17	2 December 2016	Lillehammer	Lysgårdsbakken HS100 (night)	NH
46		3 December 2016	Lillehammer	Lysgårdsbakken HS100 (night)	NH
47		11 December 2016	Nizhny Tagil	Tramplin Stork HS100 (night)	NH
48		7 January 2017	Oberstdorf	Schattenbergschanze HS137 (night)	LH
49		8 January 2017	Oberstdorf	Schattenbergschanze HS137 (night)	LH
50		29 January 2017	Râșnov	Trambulina Valea Cărbunării HS100	NH
51		4 February 2017	Hinzenbach	Aigner-Schanze HS94	NH
52		5 February 2017	Hinzenbach	Aigner-Schanze HS94	NH
53		16 February 2017	Pyeongchang	Alpensia Ski Jumping Centre HS109	NH
54	2017/18	24 March 2018	Oberstdorf	Schattenbergschanze HS106	NH
55	2017/18	25 March 2018	Oberstdorf	Schattenbergschanze HS106	NH
56	2018/19	10 February 2019	Ljubno ob Savinji	Savina Ski Jumping Center HS94	NH
57	2019/20	9 March 2020	Lillehammer	Lysgårdsbakken HS140 (night)	LH
58	2020/21	6 February 2021	Hinzenbach	Aigner-Schanze HS90	NH
59		7 February 2021	Hinzenbach	Aigner-Schanze HS90	NH
60		19 February 2021	Râșnov	Trambulina Valea Cărbunării HS97	NH

Individual starts (158)[]

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	Points

2011/12																									639
2011/12	5	17	2	–	–	–	–	2	2	1	2	2	2												639

2012/13																									1297
2012/13	1	2	3	1	1	4	2	1	12	5	1	1	1	1	2	2									1297

2013/14																									1720
2013/14	1	1	1	1	3	1	1	1	1	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1							1720

2014/15																									973
2014/15	3	1	1	7	3	5	3	8	2	1	1	1	1												973

2015/16																									1610
2015/16	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	4	1	1	1								1610

2016/17																									1455
2016/17	1	1	3	1	1	1	2	4	5	2	2	1	1	1	–	–	2	1	2						1455

2017/18																									916
2017/18	4	4	3	3	3	2	4	3	3	4	7	4	4	1	1										916

2018/19																									1190
2018/19	3	DQ	11	2	3	11	8	2	6	3	7	4	2	2	1	4	3	4	14	6	9	5	3	8	1190

2019/20																									785
2019/20	9	3	4	4	5	2	4	4	9	16	4	4	4	5	1	8									785

2020/21																									862
2020/21	3	4	7	2	DQ	1	1	2	1	2	3	2	7												862

References[]

^ "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.
^ "World Ski Championships Oslo (NOR)". fis-ski.com.
^ Gallagher, Jack (12 February 2014). "Ski jump favorite Takanashi fails to land medal". The Japan Times. Archived from the original on 16 February 2016. Retrieved 24 January 2016.
^ "Takanashi wraps up third World Cup title". The Japan Times. 19 February 2016. Archived from the original on 27 March 2016. Retrieved 28 March 2021.
^ "Japan rules in first ever Ladies' Team event". fis-ski.com. 16 December 2017. Archived from the original on 17 July 2019. Retrieved 28 March 2021.
^ Trevelyan, Mark (12 February 2018). "Ski jumping: Norway's Lundby flies through blizzard to take gold". Reuters. Retrieved 28 March 2021.

External links[]

Official website (in Japanese)
Sara Takanashi at Olympic.org (archived)
Sara Takanashi at OlympicChannel.com (archived)
Sara Takanashi at Olympics.com
Sara Takanashi at Olympedia
Sara Takanashi at FIS (ski jumping)
Sara Takanashi at Sports Reference (archived)

Olympic Games
Preceded by Tomomi Okazaki	Flagbearer for Japan 2018 Pyeongchang (with Noriaki Kasai)	Succeeded by Incumbent

[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] "World Ski Championships Oslo (NOR)". fis-ski.com.

[4] Gallagher, Jack (12 February 2014). "Ski jump favorite Takanashi fails to land medal". The Japan Times. Archived from the original on 16 February 2016. Retrieved 24 January 2016.

[5] "Takanashi wraps up third World Cup title". The Japan Times. 19 February 2016. Archived from the original on 27 March 2016. Retrieved 28 March 2021.

[6] "Japan rules in first ever Ladies' Team event". fis-ski.com. 16 December 2017. Archived from the original on 17 July 2019. Retrieved 28 March 2021.

[7] Trevelyan, Mark (12 February 2018). "Ski jumping: Norway's Lundby flies through blizzard to take gold". Reuters. Retrieved 28 March 2021.

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Since 2001	2001: Adam Małysz (POL), Bente Skari (NOR), Thomas Alsgaard (NOR) 2003: Felix Gottwald (AUT), Ronny Ackermann (GER) 2004: Yuliya Chepalova (RUS) 2005: Andrus Veerpalu (EST) 2007: Frode Estil (NOR), Odd-Bjørn Hjelmeset (NOR), Harald V (NOR), Sonja (NOR), Simon Ammann (SUI) 2010: Marit Bjørgen (NOR) 2011: Ole Einar Bjørndalen (NOR), Michael Greis (GER), Andrea Henkel (GER), Janne Ahonen (FIN) 2012: Magdalena Neuner (GER), Emil Hegle Svendsen (NOR) 2013: Tora Berger (NOR), Martin Fourcade (FRA), Therese Johaug (NOR), Gregor Schlierenzauer (AUT) 2014: Magnus Moan (NOR), Eric Frenzel (GER), Thomas Morgenstern (AUT), Darya Domracheva (BLR) 2015: Eldar Rønning (NOR), Anders Bardal (NOR), Anette Sagen (NOR), Kamil Stoch (POL) 2016: Noriaki Kasai (JPN), Tarjei Bø (NOR) 2017: Marie Dorin-Habert (FRA), Sara Takanashi (JPN) 2018: Charlotte Kalla (SWE), Princess Astrid (NOR), Hannu Manninen (FIN), Kaisa Mäkäräinen (FIN)

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