Sara Takanashi

Sara Takanashi
高梨 沙羅
Takanashi in 2017
Country Japan
Born (1996-10-08) 8 October 1996 (age 28)
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.

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]

Results

World Cup

Standings

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

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

Individual starts

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 Lillehammer Hinterzten Hinterzten Val di Fiemme Val di Fiemme Hinzenbach Hinzenbach Ljubno ob Savinji Ljubno ob Savinji Zaō Zaō Zaō Oslo 639
5 17 2 – – – – 2 2 1 2 2 2
2012/13 Lillehammer Sochi Sochi Ramsau am Dachstein Schonach Schonach Hinterzten Hinterzten Sapporo Sapporo Zaō Zaō Ljubno ob Savinji Ljubno ob Savinji Trondheim Oslo 1297
1 2 3 1 1 4 2 1 12 5 1 1 1 1 2 2
2013/14 Lillehammer Hinterzten Hinterzten Chaykovskiy Chaykovskiy Sapporo Sapporo Zaō Zaō Planica Planica Hinzenbach Hinzenbach Râșnov Râșnov Oslo Falun Planica 1720
1 1 1 1 3 1 1 1 1 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
2014/15 Lillehammer Sapporo Sapporo Zaō Oberstdorf Oberstdorf Hinzenbach Hinzenbach Râșnov Râșnov Ljubno ob Savinji Ljubno ob Savinji Oslo 973
3 1 1 7 3 5 3 8 2 1 1 1 1
2015/16 Lillehammer Nizhny Tagil Nizhny Tagil Sapporo Sapporo Zaō Zaō Oberstdorf Oberstdorf Oslo Hinzenbach Hinzenbach Ljubno ob Savinji Ljubno ob Savinji Lahti Almaty Almaty 1610
1 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 4 1 1 1
2016/17 Lillehammer Lillehammer Nizhny Tagil Nizhny Tagil Oberstdorf Oberstdorf Sapporo Sapporo Zaō Zaō Râșnov Râșnov Hinzenbach Hinzenbach Ljubno ob Savinji Ljubno ob Savinji Pyeongchang Pyeongchang Oslo 1455
1 1 3 1 1 1 2 4 5 2 2 1 1 1 – – 2 1 2
2017/18 Lillehammer Lillehammer Lillehammer Hinterzarten Sapporo Sapporo Zaō Zaō Ljubno ob Savinji Ljubno ob Savinji Râșnov Râșnov Oslo Oberstdorf Oberstdorf 916
4 4 3 3 3 2 4 3 3 4 7 4 4 1 1
2018/19 Lillehammer Lillehammer Lillehammer Prémanon Prémanon Sapporo Sapporo Zaō Zaō Râșnov Râșnov Hinzenbach Hinzenbach Ljubno ob Savinji Ljubno ob Savinji Oberstdorf Oberstdorf Oslo Lillehammer Trondheim Nizhny Tagil Nizhny Tagil Chaykovskiy Chaykovskiy 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 Lillehammer Lillehammer Klingenthal Sapporo Sapporo Zaō Zaō Râșnov Râșnov Oberstdorf Oberstdorf Hinzenbach Hinzenbach Ljubno ob Savinji Oslo Lillehammer 785
9 3 4 4 5 2 4 4 9 16 4 4 4 5 1 8
2020/21 Ramsau am Dachstein Ljubno ob Savinji Titisee-Neustadt Titisee-Neustadt Hinzenbach Hinzenbach Hinzenbach Râșnov Râșnov Nizhny Tagil Nizhny Tagil Chaykovskiy Chaykovskiy 862
3 4 7 2 DQ 1 1 2 1 2 3 2 7
2021/22 Nizhny Tagil Nizhny Tagil Lillehammer Lillehammer Klingenthal Klingenthal Ramsau am Dachstein Ljubno ob Savinji Ljubno ob Savinji Willingen Willingen Hinzenbach Hinzenbach Lillehammer Lillehammer Oslo Oslo Oberhof Oberhof 757
6 5 6 8 5 4 4 5 1 – – – – 1 4 3 1

Grand Prix

Standings

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

Individual wins

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

Individual starts

Season 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Points
2012 Courchevel Hinterzarten Almaty Almaty 312
8 2 1 1
2013 Hinterzarten Courchevel Nizhny Tagil Nizhny Tagil Almaty Almaty 525
2 5 1 1 1 1
2014 Almaty Almaty 200
1 1
2015 Courchevel Chaykovskiy Chaykovskiy Almaty Almaty 500
1 1 1 1 1
2016 Courchevel Chaykovskiy Chaykovskiy 300
1 1 1
2017 Courchevel Frenštát pod Radhoštěm Frenštát pod Radhoštěm Chaykovskiy Chaykovskiy 380
2 – 1 1 1
2018 Hinterzarten Courchevel Frenštát pod Radhoštěm Frenštát pod Radhoštěm Chaykovskiy 460
1 1 1 1 3
2019 Hinterzarten Courchevel Frenštát pod Radhoštěm 200
1 1 –
2021 Wisła Wisła Courchevel Frenštát pod Radhoštěm Chaykovskiy Chaykovskiy Klingenthal 320
2 2 – 1 – – 3

References

  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.