Michaela du Toit

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Michaela du Toit
File:Michaela du Toit - 2016 Junior World Championships.jpg
du Toit at the 2016 World Junior Championships.
Personal information
Born (2000-01-10) January 10, 2000 (age 26)
Poole, England, United Kingdom
Height174 cm (5 ft 9 in)[1]
Figure skating career
CountryFile:Flag of South Africa.svg South Africa
CoachBrian Orser
Began skating2008

Michaela du Toit (born January 10, 2000) is a figure skater representing South Africa and an actress. She is the 2015 and 2017 South African National Champion. She starred in the Family Channel’s 2016 film Ice Girls alongside two-time Olympic silver medalist Elvis Stojko.[2]

Personal life

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Michaela du Toit was born on January 10, 2000, in Poole, England, but she grew up in Toronto, Canada.[1] She started playing hockey at the age of six, but she decided to switch to figure skating, and she originally represented Canada before switching to South Africa, which is where her family is originally from.[2]

In 2016, she made her acting debut playing the character Maddie in the TV movie Ice Girl.[3]

Skating career

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du Toit began competing in the ISU Junior Grand Prix (JGP) in the 2013–14 season. She was assigned to the JGP Mexico where she finished 16th.[4] She also won the 2013 junior South African national title.[5] She competed at her first Junior World Championships in 2014 where she finished 37th in the short program and did not advance to the free skate.[6] She then received two assignments in the 2014–15 ISU Junior Grand Prix. She finished 15th in the JGP Japan and 12th in the JGP Germany.[7][8] She won her second junior South African national title in 2014.[9] At the 2015 Junior World Championships, she finished 37th again.[10] She won her first senior South African National Championships in 2015.[11]

She received two assignments in the 2015–16 ISU Junior Grand Prix. She finished 18th in the JGP Poland and 13th in the JGP Spain.[12][13] She competed at the 2016 Four Continents Championships where she finished 18th.[14] She finished 31st at the 2016 Junior World Championships.[15]

du Toit competed at the 2016 Autumn Classic International where she finished 15th.[16] She won her second senior national title in 2017.[17] At the 2017 Four Continents Championships, she finished 23rd in the short program but then withdrew before the free skate.[18]

Programs

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Season Short program Free skating
2016–2017
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2015–2016
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2014–2015
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  • Don Quixote
    by Ludwig Minkus
    choreo. by David Wilson
2013–2014
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  • Gaîté Parisienne
    by Jacques Offenbach
    choreo. by David Wilson

Competitive highlights

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GP: Grand Prix; JGP: Junior Grand Prix

International[25]
Event 13–14 14–15 15–16 16–17
Four Continents 18th WD
FBMA Trophy 10th
Golden Bear 17th
Open d'Andorra 2nd 3rd
Reykjavik 3rd
International: Junior
Junior Worlds 37th 37th 31st
JGP Germany 12th
JGP Japan 15th
JGP Mexico 16th
JGP Poland 18th
Bavarian Open 3rd 11th
NRW Trophy 12th
Skate Helena 2nd
National
South African 1st J. 1st 1st
WD = Withdraw; J. = Junior level

References

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