Sara Takanashi

About Sara Takanashi

Sara Takanashi (born 8 October 1996) is a Japanese ski jumper who won two consecutive ladies' World Cup overall titles in 2013 and 2014, as well as finishing runner-up in 2015.

Career:

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

She has won 15 individual World Cup ski jumping events out of 18 in the 2013–14 season. At the Olympics event, she was third after her first jump, in which she flew 100 meters for 124.1 points, but her second jump apparently failed—the 98.5-meter jump earned 118.9 points, or ninth in the ranking, then ranked as 4th overall, thus missed the podium first time in the season.

Sara Takanashi Achievements

Takanashi is the current women's record holder of the Kiremitliktepe Ski Jump (HS109) in Erzurum, Turkey with 110.5 m set at the 2012 FIS Junior World Ski Championships on 21 February.

Takanashi has a record of 30 World Cup victories followed by Sarah Hendrickson's record of 13 wins.

FIS Ski Jumping World Cup:

FIS Ski Jumping World Cup Individual wins - 30

FIS Ski Jumping World CupTeam wins - 1

FIS Nordic World Ski Championships:

FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2013 – Mixed team normal hill - Gold medal

FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2013 – Women's individual normal hill - Silver medal

FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2015 – Mixed team normal hill - Bronze medal