Sara Takanashi

Sara Takanashi (高梨 沙羅, Takanashi Sara) (born 8 October 1996) is a Japanese ski jumper. She is 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 record shared with Matti Nykänen and Adam Małysz), five World Championship medals, and a Winter Olympic medal. As of March 2020, Takanashi holds the record for the most individual World Cup wins, male or female, with 57.[1]

Sara Takanashi
高梨 沙羅
Takanashi in Hinzenbach, 2017
Country Japan
Born (1996-10-08) 8 October 1996
Kamikawa, Hokkaido, Japan
Height1.51 m (4 ft 11 in)
Ski clubKuraray
Personal best144 m (472 ft)
Sapporo, 2 November 2018
World Cup career
Seasons2012–present
Individual wins57
Team wins3
Indiv. podiums100
Team podiums6
Indiv. starts145
Team starts7
Overall titles4 (2013, 2014, 2016, 2017)
Updated on 12 March 2020.

Career

Takanashi placed sixth in the 2011 World Championship in Oslo. 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 in Sochi, 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.[2]

In the 2015–16 season she won her third and record World Cup overall title four events before the end of the season.

She also won the first ever women's World Cup team competition in Hinterzarten on 16 December 2017. Her teammates included Yuka Seto and Yuki Ito.[3]

Takanashi won the bronze medal in individual normal hill event at the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang.[4]

Major Tournament results

Olympics

Year Place NH
2014 Sochi 4
2018 Pyeongchang

FIS World Nordic Ski Championships

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

Individual wins

No. Season Date Location Hill Size
1 2011/123 March 2012   ZaōYamagata HS100NH
2 2012/1324 November 2012   LillehammerLysgårdsbakken HS100NH
3 14 December 2012   RamsauW90-Mattensprunganlage HS98NH
4 5 January 2013   SchonachLangenwaldschanze HS106NH
5 13 January 2013   HinterzartenRothaus-Schanze HS108NH
6 10 February 2013   ZaōYamagata HS100NH
7 10 February 2013   ZaōYamagata HS100NH
8 16 February 2013   Ljubno ob SavinjiSavina Ski Jumping Center HS95NH
9 17 February 2013   Ljubno ob SavinjiSavina Ski Jumping Center HS95NH
10 2013/147 December 2013   LillehammerLysgårdsbakken HS100NH
11 21 December 2013   HinterzartenRothaus-Schanze HS108NH
12 22 December 2013   HinterzartenRothaus-Schanze HS108NH
13 3 January 2014   ChaykovskySnezhinka HS106NH
14 11 January 2014   SapporoMiyanomori HS100NH
15 12 January 2014   SapporoMiyanomori HS100NH
16 18 January 2014   ZaōYamagata HS100NH
17 19 January 2014   ZaōYamagata HS100NH
18 1 February 2014   HinzenbachAigner-Schanze HS94NH
19 2 February 2014   HinzenbachAigner-Schanze HS94NH
20 1 March 2014   RâșnovTrambulina Valea Cărbunării HS100NH
21 2 March 2014   RâșnovTrambulina Valea Cărbunării HS100NH
22 8 March 2014   OsloHolmenkollbakken HS134LH
23 15 March 2014   FalunLugnet HS98 (night)NH
24 22 March 2014   PlanicaBloudkova velikanka HS139LH
25 2014/1510 January 2015   SapporoMiyanomori HS100NH
26 11 January 2015   SapporoMiyanomori HS100NH
27 8 February 2015   RâșnovTrambulina Valea Cărbunării HS100NH
28 14 February 2015   Ljubno ob SavinjiSavina Ski Jumping Center HS95NH
29 15 February 2015   Ljubno ob SavinjiSavina Ski Jumping Center HS95NH
30 13 March 2015   OsloHolmenkollbakken HS134LH
31 2015/164 December 2015   LillehammerLysgårdsbakken HS100 (night)NH
32 13 December 2015   Nizhny TagilTramplin Stork HS97NH
33 16 January 2016   SapporoMiyanomori HS100NH
34 17 January 2016   SapporoMiyanomori HS100NH
35 22 January 2016   ZaōYamagata HS106 (night)NH
36 23 January 2016   ZaōYamagata HS106 (night)NH
37 30 January 2016   OberstdorfSchattenbergschanze HS106NH
38 31 January 2016   OberstdorfSchattenbergschanze HS106NH
39 4 February 2016   OsloHolmenkollbakken HS134 (night)LH
40 6 February 2016   HinzenbachAigner-Schanze HS94NH
41 7 February 2016   HinzenbachAigner-Schanze HS94NH
42 19 February 2016   LahtiSalpausselkä HS100NH
43 27 February 2016   AlmatySunkar HS106NH
44 28 February 2016   AlmatySunkar HS106NH
45 2016/172 December 2016   LillehammerLysgårdsbakken HS100 (night)NH
46 3 December 2016   LillehammerLysgårdsbakken HS100 (night)NH
47 11 December 2016   Nizhny TagilTramplin Stork HS100 (night)NH
48 7 January 2017   OberstdorfSchattenbergschanze HS137 (night)LH
49 8 January 2017   OberstdorfSchattenbergschanze HS137 (night)LH
50 29 January 2017   RâșnovTrambulina Valea Cărbunării HS100NH
51 4 February 2017   HinzenbachAigner-Schanze HS94NH
52 5 February 2017   HinzenbachAigner-Schanze HS94NH
53 16 February 2017   PyeongchangAlpensia Ski Jumping Centre HS109NH
54 2017/1824 March 2018   OberstdorfSchattenbergschanze HS106NH
55 25 March 2018   OberstdorfSchattenbergschanze HS106NH
56 2018/1910 February 2019   Ljubno ob SavinjiSavina Ski Jumping Center HS94NH
57 2019/209 March 2020   LillehammerLysgårdsbakken HS140 (night)LH

Individual starts (145)

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
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

References

  1. "Athlete: Takanashi Sara – all wins". fis-ski.com. Retrieved 27 February 2019.
  2. "Ski jump favorite Takanashi fails to land medal". The Japan Times. The Japan Times. 12 February 2014. Retrieved 24 January 2016.
  3. "Japan leaps to team crown". The Japan Times. 17 December 2018. Retrieved 16 January 2018.
  4. "Takanashi grabs bronze in normal hill". The Japan News. 12 February 2018. Retrieved 12 February 2018.
Olympic Games
Preceded by
Tomomi Okazaki
Flagbearer for  Japan
2018 Pyeongchang
(with Noriaki Kasai)
Succeeded by
Incumbent
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