Sara Takanashi of Japan seen during practice in Planica, Slovenia on March 16, 2021.
Sara Takanashi poses for a portrait in Tokyo, Japan on May 29, 2022.

Sara
Takanashi

Japan

Japan

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Ski Jumping

A four-time World Cup champion, Japanese ski jumper Sara Takanashi is well on her way to establishing an unprecedented record.

Date of birth

8 October 1996

Place of birth

Hokkaido, Japan

Age

29

Nationality

Japan

Japan

Career start

2011

Disciplines

Ski Jumping/Flying

Sara Takanashi stands alone within male and female ski jumping as the only athlete to have reached the milestone of 60 individual World Cup wins.

It was evident from the start of Takanashi's career that she was a special talent. She set a FIS youth record during the 2011 Continental Cup and followed that up with sixth place in the World Championship that same year. On her World Cup debut in Lillehammer, also in 2011, she finished an impressive fifth overall.