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Sara Takanashi
Japanese ski jumper (1996-) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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 jumper 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 January 2022, Takanashi holds the record for the most individual World Cup wins, male or female, with 61.[2] 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).[3]
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Born | (1996-10-08) 8 October 1996 (age 27) Kamikawa, Japan | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.52 m (5 ft 0 in)[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Ski club | Kuraray | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Seasons | 2012–present | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Individual wins | 61 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Team wins | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Indiv. podiums | 110 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Team podiums | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Indiv. starts | 167 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Team starts | 11 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Overall titles | 4 (2013, 2014, 2016, 2017) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Updated on 1 January 2022. |
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