Sara Takanashi

Sara Takanashi is a Japanese ski jumper, born on 8 October 1996, and one of the most successful female ski jumpers and athletes in the history of the sport. She has won four World Cup overall titles, an all-time female record, along with seven World Championship medals and two bronze medals at the Winter Olympics. She debuted in the World Cup on 3 December 2011 in Lillehammer and finished fifth, and in the 2013-14 season she won 15 of 18 individual events. She helped Japan win the first women's World Cup team competition at Hinterzarten on 16 December 2017, and she took bronze in the individual normal hill at the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang. As of October 2026 she holds the record for most individual World Cup wins by any ski jumper, male or female, with 63, and she holds three Guinness World Records certificates.