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Sara Takanashi

1996 - Today

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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 November 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). Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in 29 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 28 in 2024). Sara Takanashi is the 474th most popular skier (down from 413th in 2024), the 3,245th most popular biography from Japan (down from 2,378th in 2019) and the 11th most popular Japanese Skier.

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Among SKIERS

Among skiers, Sara Takanashi ranks 474 out of 817. Before her are Debbie Armstrong, Ragnhild Haga, Radim Nyč, Klaus Ofner, Dawid Kubacki, and Felix Neureuther. After her are Katrin Zeller, Andreas Wellinger, Picabo Street, Markus Larsson, Markus Gandler, and Janne Happonen.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1996, Sara Takanashi ranks 280. Before her are Tony Revolori, Yuan Xinyue, Jack Griffo, Sebastián Driussi, Céline Buckens, and Ayaka Miyoshi. After her are Neal Maupay, Joshua Wong, Agnes Chow, Loïc Nottet, Kendji Girac, and Aymen Hussein.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Sara Takanashi ranks 3,252 out of 6,245. Before her are Nobuhiro Naito (1978), Ayaka Miyoshi (1996), Kōsei Inoue (1978), Takuya Suzumura (1978), Koki Mizuno (1985), and Yasuhiro Yoshida (1969). After her are Akiko Morigami (1980), Takuma Sugano (1980), Ryō Hirohashi (1977), Yui Mizuno (1999), Kohei Saito (1987), and Teruki Tabata (1979).

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Among SKIERS In Japan

Among skiers born in Japan, Sara Takanashi ranks 11. Before her are Seiji Aochi (1942), Masahiko Harada (1968), Takanobu Okabe (1970), Ryoyu Kobayashi (1996), Hirokazu Yagi (1959), and Hiroya Saitō (1970). After her are Hideharu Miyahira (1973), Akito Watabe (1988), Takanori Kono (1969), Daiki Ito (1985), Taku Takeuchi (1987), and Jinya Nishikata (1968).

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