Sara TAKANASHI

Japan
Ski Jumping
8 Oct 1996
25
Female
KAMIKAWA
 
Japan
MINATO-KU, TOKYO
 
Japan

Events and Medals

Discipline Event Rank Medal
SJP Ski Jumping Women's Normal Hill Individual 4
Mixed Team
JPN
Japan
 4

Schedule

Start Time Location Event Status
Zhangjiakou National Ski Jumping Centre
Women's Normal Hill Individual Trial Round for Competition
Finished
Zhangjiakou National Ski Jumping Centre
Women's Normal Hill Individual 1st Round
Finished
Zhangjiakou National Ski Jumping Centre
Women's Normal Hill Individual Final Round
Finished
Zhangjiakou National Ski Jumping Centre
Mixed Team Trial Round for Competition
Finished
Zhangjiakou National Ski Jumping Centre
Mixed Team 1st Round
Finished
Zhangjiakou National Ski Jumping Centre
Mixed Team Final Round
Finished

Biographical Information

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Historical Results

Olympic Games
RankEventYearLocation
3Normal Hill Individual2018PyeongChang, KOR
4Normal Hill, Individual2014Sochi, RUS
Youth Olympic Games
RankEventYearLocationResult
1Medium Hill, Individual2012Innsbruck, AUT269.3
5Medium Hill, Team2012Innsbruck, AUT576.0
World Championship
RankEventYearLocationResult
1Normal Hill Team2013Predazzo, ITA1011.0
2Large Hill2021Oberstdorf, GER287.9
2Normal Hill2013Predazzo, ITA251.0
3Normal Hill2021Oberstdorf, GER276.3
3Large Hill Team2019Seefeld, AUT920.2
3Normal Hill2017Lahti, FIN251.1
3Normal Hill Team2017Lahti, FIN979.7
3Normal Hill Team2015Falun, SWE888.3
4Normal Hill Team2021Oberstdorf, GER877.5
4Normal Hill2015Falun, SWE228.3
5Normal Hill Team2021Oberstdorf, GER940.3
5Normal Hill Team2019Seefeld, AUT928.6
6Normal Hill Team2019Seefeld, AUT806.1
6Normal Hill2019Seefeld, AUT236.7
6Normal Hill2011Oslo, NOR195.0
World Cup Rankings Overview
SeasonOverall
2021/20226
2020/20212
2019/20204
2018/20194
Best Performance per Season in World Cup Events from 2018/2019
SeasonNormal HillLarge HillNormal Hill Team
2021/20221 x 1st1 x 4th
2020/20213 x 1st1 x 2nd2 x 4th
2019/20201 x 2nd1 x 1st1 x 2nd
2018/20191 x 1st1 x 3rd1 x 3rd
Ten Best World Cup Performances in Current Season
RankEventSeasonLocationResult
1Normal Hill2021/2022Ljubno, SLO266.8
4Large Hill2021/2022Klingenthal, GER230.4
4Normal Hill2021/2022Ramsau, AUT251.3
5Large Hill2021/2022Klingenthal, GER225.4
5Normal Hill2021/2022Nizhny Tagil, RUS204.1
5Normal Hill2021/2022Ljubno, SLO246.2
6Normal Hill2021/2022Nizhny Tagil, RUS203.6
6Normal Hill2021/2022Lillehammer, NOR250.3
8Large Hill2021/2022Lillehammer, NOR242.4
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Athlete

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Father, Hironari. Mother, Chikage. Brother, Kanta.

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Japanese

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Kuraray

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Team: Toru Washizawa (JPN)
Personal: Janko Zwitter (AUT)
Ski: Slatnar

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Father Hironari Takanashi (Ski jumping): No international results.

Brother Kanta Takanashi (Ski jumping): Competed at the 2012 Junior World Championships, and won two medals at the 2015 Winter Universiade (one silver, one bronze).

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2009 Continental Cup in Zao (Normal hill - 19th)
2011 World Cup in Lillehammer (Normal hill - 5th)

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2009

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Started at the age of eight, joining a ski jumping club after she saw Japanese ski jumper Izumi Yamada on TV. "I was frightened at first, but once I jumped, I found it was fun. It is just like being a bird." (Info 2018; kuraray.co.jp, Aug 2021)

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Influenced by her father and older brother. Her father was jumping on the team with Masahiko Harada, a two-time world champion (1993, 1997). (olympics.com, Aug 2021)

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She is primed to break her Olympic curse. She admits to being "swallowed up" by the Olympic atmosphere in the past, and hopes a new jumping style will help her reach the top of the podium in Beijing. "I already have an Olympic medal, but my aim is to win gold." (japantimes.co.jp, 10 Nov 2021)

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Frustrated from not living up to her top billing on the Olympic stage, she has rebuilt her jumping technique from scratch since settling for bronze at the PyeongChang 2018 Olympic Winter Games. (japantimes.co.jp, 10 Nov 2021)

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Ski jumper Izumi Yamada (JPN), who represented Japan at the 2009 World Championships. (Athlete, Jul 2021)

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Has three entries in the Guinness Book of Records, set after the 2020/21 season:
* Most individual World Cup victories within a career (60)
* Female athlete with most individual World Cup victories within a career (60)
* Most podium finishes (109) (guinnessworldrecords.com)

Ski Association of Japan Best Athlete (2017)
Japanese Olympic Committee Special Honorary Award (2015)
Sport Merit Medal (2013)

Milestones

OLYMPIC WINTER GAMES
In her third Olympic Winter Games appearance, she finished fourth behind Slovenia's Nika Kriznar, just like in her debut in the inaugural Olympic women's ski jumping event, where she finished fourth, 2.2 points behind bronze medallist Coline Mattel (FRA).

In her second Olympic Winter Games, at PyeongChang 2018, she won the bronze medal in the woman's normal hill event.

Won the inaugural Youth Olympic Winter Games gold medal at Innsbruck in 2012, ahead of Katharina Althaus (GER) and Ursa Bogataj (SLO).

WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS
Seven medals at six World Championships (2011-21), winning four individual (2013 and 2021 silver, 2017 and 2021 bronze), and three with the team (2013 gold, 2015 and 2017 bronze).

Five-time junior World champion winning three consecutive golds individually (2012, 2013, 2014) and two team (2012, 2014).

WORLD CUP
Has competed in the World Cup since it was established for women in the 2011/12 season. In 2012/13 she became the youngest female ever to win the overall World Cup. (redbull.com, 16 Aug 2021)

Has won the overall World Cup four times (2012/13, 2013/14, 2015/16, 2016/17), and was second in 2020/21. Holds the record for individual World Cup wins with 61, her first being in Zao in 2012 (normal hill).

2021/22:
Second overall in the Summer Grand Prix 2021 with four podium results. In the winter season, she has finished every race in the top eight, but only once on the podium - her 61st World Cup win in Ljubno. She is currently ranked sixth in the overall World Cup.
Legend
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Gold Medal Event
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