Career

Takanashi placed sixth in the 2011 World Championship in Oslo. In she debuted on 3 December 2011 in Lillehammer where she took fifth place. Takanashi is the current women"s record holder of the Kiremitliktepe Ski Jump (HS109) in Erzurum, Turkey with 110.5 m set at the 2012 FIS Junior World Ski Championships on 21 February.

Takanashi has a record of 30 victories followed by Sarah Hendrickson"s record of 13 wins.

At the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, she was ranked third after her first jump in the medal round with a jump of 100 meters for 124.1 points, but her second jump was only 98.5-meters, dropping her to 4th overall in the final standings and missing the podium. Standings

Wins

Inidividual starts (73).

Achievements

• She is one of the most successful female athletes in the sport, having won three titles (2013, 2014 and 2016), three medals at the World Championships (2013 and 2015), and has won 44 individual competitions. During the 2013/14 season in the lead up to the Winter Olympics, Takanashi won 15 out of 18 individual ski jumping events. In the 2015/16 she won her third and record world cup overall title four events before the end of the season.