Sara Takanashi

Sara Takanashi
Takanashi in Hinzenbach, 2017
Born (1996-10-08) 8 October 1996
Kamikawa, Hokkaido, Japan
Height1.52 m (5 ft 0 in)
Ski clubKuraray
Personal best188 m (617 ft)
Vikersund, 17 March 2024
World Cup career
Seasons2012–present
Indiv. starts241
Indiv. podiums116
Indiv. wins63
Team starts19
Team podiums6
Team wins3
Overall titles4 (2013, 2014, 2016, 2017)
Medal record
Representing  Japan
Women's ski jumping
Olympic Games
2018 PyeongchangIndividual NH
World Championships
2013 Val di FiemmeMixed team NH
2013 Val di FiemmeIndividual NH
2021 OberstdorfIndividual LH
2015 FalunMixed team NH
2017 LahtiIndividual NH
2017 LahtiMixed team NH
2021 OberstdorfIndividual NH
Youth Olympic Games
2012 InnsbruckIndividual NH
Updated on 21 March 2025.

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 jumpers 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 June 2025, Takanashi holds the record for the most individual World Cup wins, male or female, with 63. 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).