Sara Takanashi


Sara Takanashi 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, 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.

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

Major Tournament results

Olympics

FIS World Nordic Ski Championships

World Cup

Standings

Individual wins

Individual starts (145)