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    Sara TAKANASHI

    Japan
    • Gender: Female
    • Nationality: Japan
    • Birthday: 8 October 1996
    • Age: 17
    • Height: 1.52 m (5' 0'')
    • Weight: 45 kg / 99 lbs
    • Place of Birth: Japan, KAMIKAWA-GUN, HOKKAIDO
    • Place of Residence: -
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    Athlete competitions and results

    • 11 February, 21:30 Ladies' Normal Hill Individual 1st Round
    • Sara TAKANASHI
      Total Points: 124.1
    • Rank: 3
    • 11 February, 22:22 Ladies' Normal Hill Individual Final Round
    • Sara TAKANASHI
      Total Points: 243.0
    • Rank: 4

    Additional Information

    Highlights

    RankEventYearLocationResult
    World Championships
    1Mixed Normal Hill Team2013Val di Fiemme, ITA1011.0
    2Normal Hill Individual2013Val di Fiemme, ITA251.0
    6Normal Hill Individual2011Oslo, NOR195.0

    World Cup Rankings overview - displays all rankings from 2010/11, top three for earlier seasons
    SeasonOverall
    2013/20141
    2012/20131
    2011/20123

    Best performance per season in World Cup events from 2010/2011
    SeasonNH-IndividualLarge Hill IndividualNH-Team
    2013/201410 x 1st-1 x 1st
    2012/20138 x 1st1 x 2nd1 x 2nd
    2011/20121 x 1st--

    RankEventYearLocationResult
    Ten best World Cup performances in current season
    1Normal Hill Individual2013/2014Hinzenbach, AUT245.2
    1Normal Hill Individual2013/2014Hinzenbach, AUT231.7
    1Normal Hill Individual2013/2014Zao, JPN127.5
    1Normal Hill Individual2013/2014Zao, JPN110.8
    1Normal Hill Individual2013/2014Sapporo, JPN237.1
    1Normal Hill Individual2013/2014Sapporo, JPN254.5
    1Normal Hill Individual2013/2014Chaikovsky, RUS232.6
    1Normal Hill Individual2013/2014Hinterzarten, GER239.9
    1Normal Hill Individual2013/2014Hinterzarten, GER266.8
    1Normal Hill Individual2013/2014Lillehammer, NOR286.0
    1Ladies' Normal Hill Team2013/2014Lillehammer, NOR942.1
    Youth Olympic Games
    1Individual2012Innsbruck, AUT269.3
    5Team2012Innsbruck, AUT576.0
    Junior World Championships
    1Normal Hill Individual2014Val di Fiemme, ITA262.9
    1Ladies' Normal Hill Team2014Val di Fiemme, ITA919.0
    1Normal Hill Individual2013Liberec, CZE268.0
    1Normal Hill Individual2012Erzurum, TUR276.5
    1Ladies' Normal Hill Team2012Erzurum, TUR968.0
    5Ladies' Normal Hill Team2013Liberec, CZE726.5
    6Normal Hill Individual2011Otepaa, EST235.5


    Legend
    NH-Normal Hill, LH-Large Hill, SF-Ski Flying, DNS-Did not start, DNQ-Did not qualify for main competition, DSQ-Disqualified
    • Occupation: Student
    • Coach: Hiroya Takanashi [father] (sportiva.shueisha.co.jp, 06 Aug 2013)
    • Languages Spoken: Japanese

    Additional Information

    Start of sporting career
    She began serious training at age eight. (saratakanashi.com, 31 Aug 2013)

    Reason for taking up this sport
    She was influenced by her father and older brother to try the sport. "I was frightened at first, but once I jumped, I found it was fun. It is just like being a bird." (sankei.jp.msn.com, 05 Mar 2013; bbc.co.uk, 08 Oct 2013)

    Ambitions
    To win a gold medal at the 2014 Olympic Winter Games in Sochi. (liberec2013.cz, 20 Jan 2013)

    Hero
    US ski jumper Sarah Hendrickson. (bbc.co.uk, 08 Oct 2013)

    Sporting philosophy / motto
    "I don't think I can feel more pleasure than the moment when I manage to do my best jump while feeling pressure." (nbcsports.com, 02 Feb 2014)

    Awards
    She was awarded a sport merit medal by the Japanese Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology in August 2013. (saratakanashi.com, 31 Aug 2013)

    General
    BALLET BALANCE
    She puts her sense of balance required in ski jumping down to ballet training sessions she attended as a child. (bbc.co.uk, 08 Oct 2013)

    WORLD FIRST
    At the end of the 2012/13 season she became the youngest individual winner of an overall skiing World Cup title. (bbc.co.uk, 08 Oct 2013)

    INCREASED ATTENTION
    She says it was initially tough for Japanese women to break into the sport. "I do think though, that maybe even because of my success, the popularity of women's ski jumping is increasing and slowly nearing the men's." (liberec2013.cz, 20 Jan 2013)

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