Sara Takanashi

Sara Takanashi
Sara Takanashi in Seefeld (2019)
nation	Japan
birthday	8th October 1996 (age 23)
place of birth	Kamikawa , Japan
size	152 cm
job	Sports student
Career
National squad	since 2009
status	active
Medal table
Olympic medals 0 × 0 × 1 × World Cup medals 1 × 1 × 3 × JWM medals 5 × 0 × 0 × YOG medals 1 × 0 × 0 ×
winter Olympics bronze 2018 Pyeongchang singles  Nordic World Ski Championships gold 2013 Val di Fiemme Mixed team silver 2013 Val di Fiemme Normal hill bronze 2015 Falun Mixed team bronze 2017 Lahti Normal hill bronze 2017 Lahti Mixed team  Youth Olympic Winter Games gold 2012 Innsbruck singles  Ski jumping junior world championship gold 2012 Erzurum singles gold 2012 Erzurum team gold 2013 Liberec singles gold 2014 Val di Fiemme singles gold 2014 Val di Fiemme team
Ski jumping world cup / A class jumping
Debut in the World Cup	December 3, 2011
World Cup victories (individual)	57 ( details )
World Cup victories (team)	03 ( details )
Overall World Cup	01. ( 2012/13 , 2013/14 , 2015/16 , 2016/17 )
Raw Air	07. ( 2019 )
Blue Bird Tour	06. ( 2019 )
Podium placements 1. 2. 3.  Single jump 57 26th 17th  Team jumping 2 1 1  Mixed team jumping 1 1 0
Ski jumping Grand Prix
Grand Prix victories (individual)	25 ( details )
Grand Prix victories (team)	03 ( details )
Overall Grand Prix	01. ( 2012 , 2013 , 2014 , 2015 , 2016 , 2017 , 2018 )
Podium placements 1. 2. 3.  Single jump 25th 3 1  Mixed team jumping 3 3 0
Ski Jumping Continental Cup (COC)
Debut in the COC	March 3, 2009
COC wins (individual)	07 ( details )
Overall ranking COC	02. ( 2013/14 )
Podium placements 1. 2. 3.  Single jump 7th 7th 3
last change: March 9, 2020

Sara Takanashi ( Japanese 高 梨 沙羅 , Takanashi Sara , born October 8, 1996 in Kamikawa , Hokkaidō Prefecture ) is a Japanese ski jumper . She was five-time junior world champion and runner-up world champion in 2013. With 57 daily victories, the sports student is by far the most successful athlete in the ski jumping World Cup , surpassing the male record winner Gregor Schlierenzauer (53 daily victories).

Career

Takanashi made her debut in the Ski Jumping Continental Cup on March 3, 2009 for the season finale of the 2008/09 season in Zaō . She managed to get the points in both competitions. So she finished her first season in 54th place overall. In the following season she was able to steadily improve her performance and regularly achieved placements in the top ten. At the Junior World Championships 2010 in Hinterzarten , she reached seventh place on the normal hill. On March 2, 2010, she managed to jump on the podium for the first time with third place in Zaō. She finished the 2009/10 season in 15th place in the overall Continental Cup ranking.

On December 3, 2011, she made her debut in the newly created Women's World Cup in Lillehammer and finished fifth. She celebrated her first World Cup victory on March 3, 2012 in Yamagata. She won gold in individual jumping at the 2012 Winter Youth Olympic Games in Innsbruck. The premiere of the mixed team competition as part of the Summer Grand Prix on August 14, 2012 in Courchevel was won by Takanashi with the Japanese team.

Takanashi 2016 in Hinzenbach

On January 24, 2013 Sara Takanashi won the gold medal at the Junior World Championships in Liberec . She defended her title after having been successful in Erzurum in 2012 .

At the Nordic World Ski Championships in 2013 in Val di Fiemme , she won the gold medal in the mixed team competition with the Japanese team. Two days earlier, she had finished second in the individual competition behind the American Sarah Hendrickson .

With a total of eight World Cup victories, she won the overall World Cup ranking of the 2012/13 season . At the 2013 Summer Grand Prix , Takanashi won four out of six competitions and again the Grand Prix classification. In 2014 , 2015 and 2016 she was able to win the overall Grand Prix standings.

On January 28, 2014, she won the individual junior world championship title for the third time in a row at the Junior World Championships in Val di Fiemme, and just two days later she won the team title together with her teammates. With now 5 titles, in individual and team competitions, she is next to Heinz Kuttin the most successful athlete at junior world championships in ski jumping.

At the 2014 Winter Olympics , surprisingly given her dominance in the World Cup, she only finished fourth, as Takanashi won 15 of the 18 competitions in the 2013/14 World Cup season and was on the podium in all competitions. In the 2014/15 season , she achieved second place in the overall World Cup behind Daniela Iraschko-Stolz , with six daily victories. At the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2015 in Sweden's Falun could not win a medal in fourth place in the individual again. Together with Yūki Itō , Noriaki Kasai and Taku Takeuchi , she won the bronze medal in the mixed team competition.

In the 2015/16 season , Takanashi won the overall World Cup for the third time in four years. She achieved 14 victories in 17 competitions and was only off the podium once. In the 2016/17 season , Takanashi's dominance eased a little, but after 17 of 19 planned competitions she was the overall World Cup winner ahead of time. At the Nordic World Ski Championships 2017 in Lahti , she was again unable to win the gold medal in the individual competition, but had to be satisfied with bronze behind Carina Vogt and Yūki Itō. In mixed team competition, she formed the Japanese team together with Yūki Itō, Taku Takeuchi and Daiki Itō . The quartet won the bronze medal behind the teams from Germany and Austria.

In the 2017/18 season , Sara Takanashi's dominance was completely broken. She was able to achieve her first two victories of the season in team competition. The first team competition took place in Hinterzarten on December 16, 2017 . Together with Yūki Itō, Kaori Iwabuchi and Yūka Setō , she was able to win this competition. On January 20, she was able to win the second team competition with the Japanese team in her native Yamagata . At the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang , she finished third behind Maren Lundby from Norway and the German Katharina Althaus and was able to win her first Olympic medal. At the World Cup final in Oberstdorf on March 24 and 25, 2018, she achieved her only two individual World Cup victories of the season and the 54th and 55th of her career. With the 54th victory on the first day, she surpassed the Austrian Gregor Schlierenzauer (53 World Cup victories) and became the most successful female ski jumper in terms of individual World Cup victories. She finished the season for the first time since 2012 in third place in the overall World Cup after four wins (2013, 2014, 2016, 2017) and a second place (2015).

In the 2018/19 season she achieved the 56th individual World Cup victory on the normal hill in Ljubno on February 10th . She ended a series of six victories for Norwegian Maren Lundby . At the 2019 World Ski Championships in Seefeld in Tirol , she finished sixth in the individual competition and with the Japanese women's team, and came fifth in the final mixed team competition.

successes

World Cup victories in individual

No.	date	place	Type
01.	March 3, 2012	Yamagata	Normal hill
02.	November 24, 2012	Lillehammer	Normal hill
03.	December 14, 2012	Ramsau	Normal hill
04th	5th January 2013	Schonach	Normal hill
05.	January 13, 2013	Hinterzarten	Normal hill
06th	February 10, 2013	Yamagata	Normal hill
07th	February 10, 2013	Yamagata	Normal hill
08th.	February 16, 2013	Ljubno	Normal hill
09.	17th February 2013	Ljubno	Normal hill
10.	December 7, 2013	Lillehammer	Normal hill
11.	December 21, 2013	Hinterzarten	Normal hill
12.	December 22, 2013	Hinterzarten	Normal hill
13.	January 3, 2014	Tchaikovsky	Normal hill
14th	January 11, 2014	Sapporo	Normal hill
15th	January 12, 2014	Sapporo	Normal hill
16.	January 18, 2014	Yamagata	Normal hill
17th	19th January 2014	Yamagata	Normal hill
18th	1st of February 2014	Hinzenbach	Normal hill
19th	2nd February 2014	Hinzenbach	Normal hill
20th	March 1, 2014	Râşnov	Normal hill
21st	March 2, 2014	Râşnov	Normal hill
22nd	March 8, 2014	Oslo	Large hill
23.	March 15, 2014	Falun	Normal hill
24.	March 22, 2014	Planica	Large hill
25th	January 10, 2015	Sapporo	Normal hill
26th	January 11, 2015	Sapporo	Normal hill
27.	February 8, 2015	Râşnov	Normal hill
28.	February 14, 2015	Ljubno	Normal hill
29	February 15, 2015	Ljubno	Normal hill
30th	March 13, 2015	Oslo	Large hill
31.	4th December 2015	Lillehammer	Normal hill
32.	December 13, 2015	Nizhny Tagil	Normal hill
33.	January 16, 2016	Sapporo	Normal hill
34.	17th January 2016	Sapporo	Normal hill
35.	22nd January 2016	Yamagata	Normal hill
36.	January 23, 2016	Yamagata	Normal hill
37.	January 30, 2016	Oberstdorf	Normal hill
38.	January 31, 2016	Oberstdorf	Normal hill
39.	4th February 2016	Oslo	Large hill
40.	February 6, 2016	Hinzenbach	Normal hill
41.	February 7, 2016	Hinzenbach	Normal hill
42.	19th February 2016	Lahti	Normal hill
43.	February 27, 2016	Almaty	Normal hill
44.	February 28, 2016	Almaty	Normal hill
45.	2nd December 2016	Lillehammer	Normal hill
46.	3rd December 2016	Lillehammer	Normal hill
47.	December 11, 2016	Nizhny Tagli	Normal hill
48.	January 7, 2017	Oberstdorf	Large hill
49.	January 8, 2017	Oberstdorf	Large hill
50.	29th January 2017	Râşnov	Normal hill
51.	4th February 2017	Hinzenbach	Normal hill
52.	5th February 2017	Hinzenbach	Normal hill
53.	16th February 2017	Pyeongchang	Normal hill
54.	March 24, 2018	Oberstdorf	Normal hill
55.	March 25, 2018	Oberstdorf	Normal hill
56.	February 10, 2019	Ljubno	Normal hill
57.	March 9, 2020	Lillehammer	Large hill

World Cup victories in the team

No.	date	place	Type
01.	December 6, 2013	Lillehammer	Normal hill mixed team
02.	December 16, 2017	Hinterzarten	Normal hill team
03.	20th January 2018	Yamagata	Normal hill team

Individual Grand Prix victories

No.	date	place	Type
01.	22nd September 2012	Almaty	Normal hill
02.	23rd September 2012	Almaty	Normal hill
03.	September 13, 2013	Nizhny Tagil	Normal hill
04th	September 14, 2013	Nizhny Tagil	Normal hill
05.	21st September 2013	Almaty	Normal hill
06th	22nd September 2013	Almaty	Normal hill
07th	20th September 2014	Almaty	Normal hill
08th.	September 21, 2014	Almaty	Normal hill
09.	August 14, 2015	Courchevel	Normal hill
10.	5th September 2015	Tchaikovsky	Normal hill
11.	September 6, 2015	Tchaikovsky	Normal hill
12.	September 12, 2015	Almaty	Normal hill
13.	13th September 2015	Almaty	Normal hill
14th	July 16, 2016	Courchevel	Normal hill
15th	September 10, 2016	Tchaikovsky	Normal hill
16.	11th September 2016	Tchaikovsky	Normal hill
17th	19th August 2017	Frenštát pod Radhoštěm	Normal hill
18th	September 9, 2017	Tchaikovsky	Normal hill
19th	10th September 2017	Tchaikovsky	Normal hill
20th	28th July 2018	Hinterzarten	Normal hill
21st	August 10, 2018	Courchevel	Large hill
22nd	17th August 2018	Frenštát pod Radhoštěm	Normal hill
23.	18th August 2018	Frenštát pod Radhoštěm	Normal hill
24.	26th July 2019	Hinterzarten	Normal hill
25th	August 9, 2019	Courchevel	Large hill

Grand Prix victories in the team

No.	date	place	Type
01.	August 14, 2012	Courchevel	Normal hill mixed team
02.	July 27, 2013	Hinterzarten	Normal hill mixed team
03.	September 8, 2018	Tchaikovsky	Large hill mixed team

Continental Cup wins in singles

No.	date	place	Type
1.	February 19, 2011	Ramsau	Normal hill
2.	February 20, 2011	Ramsau	Normal hill
3.	November 29, 2011	Rovaniemi	Normal hill
4th	September 27, 2014	Trondheim	Normal hill
5.	September 28, 2014	Trondheim	Normal hill
6th	29th August 2015	Oberwiesenthal	Normal hill
7th	September 14, 2019	Lillehammer	Normal hill

statistics

World Cup placements

season	space	Points
2011/12	03.	0639
2012/13	01.	1297
2013/14	01.	1720
2014/15	02.	0973
2015/16	01.	1610
2016/17	01.	1455
2017/18	03.	0916
2018/19	04th	1190
2019/20	04th	0785

Grand Prix placements

season	space	Points
2012	01.	312
2013	01.	525
2014	01.	200
2015	01.	500
2016	01.	300
2017	01.	380
2018	01.	460
2019	01.	200

Continental Cup placements

season	space	Points
2008/09	54.	031
2009/10	15th	312
2010/11	11.	411
2011/12	04th	220
2013/14	02.	200
2014/15	03.	200
2015/16	03.	180
2019/20	31.	100

Hill records

place	Expanse	set up on	Record up
Ramsau	94.5 m ( HS : 98 m)	February 19, 2011	February 19, 2011
Ramsau	96.5 m ( HS : 98 m)	February 19, 2011	February 20, 2011
Ramsau	97.5 m ( HS : 98 m)	February 20, 2011	February 20, 2011
Ramsau	102.0 m ( HS : 98 m)	February 20, 2011	current
Seefeld in Tyrol	76.0 m ( HS : 75 m)	February 12, 2012	February 12, 2012
Seefeld in Tyrol	79.5 m ( HS : 75 m)	February 12, 2012	current
Yamagata	102.5 m ( HS : 100 m)	March 3, 2012	22nd January 2016
Oslo	108.0 m ( HS : 106 m)	March 9, 2012	current
Almaty	105.0 m ( HS : 106 m)	22nd September 2012	22nd September 2012
Almaty	105.5 m ( HS : 106 m)	22nd September 2012	23rd September 2012
Almaty	107.0 m ( HS : 106 m)	23rd September 2012	current
Tchaikovsky	104.0 m ( HS : 102 m)	4th January 2013	current
Hinterzarten	109.5 m ( HS : 108 m)	January 12, 2013	current
Liberec	104.5 m ( HS : 100 m)	January 23, 2013	January 26, 2013
Trondheim	105.0 m ( HS : 105 m)	15 March 2013	current
Oslo	134.0 m ( HS : 134 m)	17th March 2013	4th February 2016
Hinterzarten	104.0 m ( HS : 108 m)	July 26, 2013	July 27, 2013
Hinterzarten	105.5 m ( HS : 108 m)	July 27, 2013	28th July 2018
Nizhny Tagil	93.0 m ( HS : 100 m)	September 13, 2013	September 13, 2013
Nizhny Tagil	96.0 m ( HS : 100 m)	September 13, 2013	September 13, 2013
Nizhny Tagil	96.5 m ( HS : 100 m)	September 13, 2013	September 13, 2013
Nizhny Tagil	98.5 m ( HS : 100 m)	September 13, 2013	current
Sapporo	106.0 m ( HS : 103 m)	January 11, 2014	current
Planica	102.5 m ( HS : 104 m)	January 26, 2014	current
Râşnov	100.5 m ( HS : 100 m)	March 1, 2014	current
Planica	135.0 m ( HS : 139 m)	March 22, 2014	current
Tchaikovsky	103.5 m ( HS : 102 m)	4th September 2015	September 10, 2016
Nizhny Tagil	98.0 m ( HS : 100 m)	December 13, 2015	December 13, 2015
Nizhny Tagil	99.0 m ( HS : 100 m)	December 13, 2015	December 10, 2016
Yamagata	106.0 m ( HS : 103 m)	22nd January 2016	current
Oberstdorf	104.0 m ( HS : 106 m)	January 30, 2016	January 30, 2016
Oberstdorf	107.0 m ( HS : 106 m)	January 30, 2016	current
Oslo	137.5 m ( HS : 134 m)	4th February 2016	current
Hinzenbach	98.0 m ( HS : 94 m)	February 7, 2016	current
Lahti	96.5 m ( HS : 100 m)	19th February 2016	19th February 2016
Lahti	99.5 m ( HS : 100 m)	19th February 2016	current
Almaty	107.0 m ( HS : 106 m)	February 27, 2016	February 28, 2016
Tchaikovsky	106.5 m ( HS : 102 m)	September 10, 2016	10th September 2017
Nizhny Tagil	102.0 m ( HS : 100 m)	December 10, 2016	current
Oberstdorf	127.5 m ( HS : 137 m)	January 6, 2017	January 7, 2017
Oberstdorf	131.0 m ( HS : 137 m)	January 7, 2017	January 7, 2017
Tchaikovsky	108.0 m ( HS : 102 m)	10th September 2017	current
Hinterzarten	108.0 m ( HS : 108 m)	26th July 2019	current

Web links

Commons : Sara Takanashi  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Sara Takanashi in the database of the International Ski Federation (English)
• Sara Takanashi in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original )
• Sara Takanashi on Olympic.org  - The Official website of the Olympic movement (English)
• Sara Takanashi on Skispringen-News.de
• Interview with Sara Takanashi on fis-ski.com (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Japan first winner in mixed competition. In: berkutschi.com. August 14, 2012, accessed June 3, 2015 . 
2. ↑ Jaka Hvala is junior world champion. In: skispringen.com. January 24, 2013, accessed June 3, 2015 . 
3. ^ Japan first mixed team world champion. In: berkutschi.com. February 24, 2013, accessed June 3, 2015 . 
4. ↑ Sarah Hendrickson crowns herself world champion. In: berkutschi.com. February 22, 2013, accessed June 3, 2015 . 
5. ↑ Sara Takanashi is crowned junior world champion. In: skispringen.com. January 28, 2014, accessed June 3, 2015 . 
6. ↑ Junior World Championship: Japan wins team competition. In: skispringen.com. January 29, 2014, accessed June 3, 2015 . 
7. ↑ Takanashi wins 50th World Cup, Iraschko-Stolz third , APA report on derstandard.at of January 29, 2017, accessed on February 20, 2017.
8. ↑ Takanashi takes fourth overall World Cup victory , APA report on derstandard.at from February 15, 2017, accessed on February 20, 2017.
9. ^ Ski jumper Vogt wins gold again. Spiegel Online , February 24, 2017, accessed March 6, 2018 . 
10. ↑ Sebastian Theuner: Japan wins the first team competition for women ski jumpers in Hinterzarten. skispringen.com, December 16, 2017, accessed March 6, 2018 . 
11. ↑ Althaus wins silver - Lundby flies to gold. Kicker , February 12, 2018, accessed March 6, 2018 .