Michaela du Toit explained

Michaela du Toit
Birth Date:10 January 2000
Birth Place:Poole, England, United Kingdom
Residence:Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Height:174 cm
Coach:Brian Orser
Formercoach:Andrei Berezintsev, Oula Jaaskelainen, Veronika Bogomolova
Choreographer:Shae-Lynn Bourne, Joey Russell, Jeffrey Buttle
Former Skating Club:Western Province FSC
Beganskating:2008
Combined Total:121.94
Combined Date:2015 JGP Spain
Sp Score:46.84
Sp Date:2015 JGP Spain
Fs Score:75.94
Fs Date:2016 Four Continents

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.[1]

Personal life

Michaela du Toit was born on January 10, 2000, in Poole, England, but she grew up in Toronto, Canada.[2] 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.

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

Skating career

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

SeasonShort programFree skating
2016–2017
[19]
2015–2016
[20] [21]

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2014–2015
[22]
  • Don Quixote
2013–2014
[23] [24]
  • Gaîté Parisienne

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Competitive highlights

GP: Grand Prix; JGP: Junior Grand Prix

International[25]
Event13–1414–1515–1616–17
align=left 18th WD
align=left 10th
align=left 17th
align=left bgcolor=silver 2nd bgcolor=cc9966 3rd
align=left bgcolor=cc9966 3rd
International: Junior
align=left 37th 37th 31st
align=left 12th
align=left 15th
align=left 16th
align=left 18th
align=left bgcolor=cc9966 3rd 11th
align=left 12th
align=left bgcolor=silver 2nd
National
align=left bgcolor=gold 1st J. bgcolor=gold 1st bgcolor=gold 1st
WD = Withdraw; J. = Junior level

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Sunshine . Fannie . North York figure skater Michaela du Toit stars in Family Channel's 'Ice Girls' feature film . Toronto . 23 March 2021 . 2 March 2016.
  2. Web site: Michaela DU TOIT . International Skating Union . 23 March 2021.
  3. Web site: Michaela du Toit . IMDb . 23 March 2021.
  4. Web site: ISU JGP Mexico Cup Junior Ladies Results . International Skating Union . 23 March 2021.
  5. Web site: 2013 SA NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS Junior Ladies Result . South African Figure Skating Association . 23 March 2021.
  6. Web site: ISU World Junior Figure Skating Championships 2014 . International Skating Union . 23 March 2021.
  7. Web site: ISU JGP Nagoya TV Cup 2014 Junior Ladies Result . International Skating Union . 23 March 2021.
  8. Web site: ISU JGP Germany 2014 Junior Ladies Results . International Skating Union . 23 March 2021.
  9. Web site: South African National Championships 2014 Junior Ladies Result . South African Figure Skating Association . 23 March 2021.
  10. Web site: ISU World Junior Figure Skating Championships 2015 . International Skating Union . 23 March 2021.
  11. Web site: SA National Championships 2015 Senior Ladies Result . South African Figure Skating Association . 23 March 2021.
  12. Web site: ISU JGP Poland 2015 Junior Ladies Result . International Skating Union . 23 March 2021.
  13. Web site: ISU JGP Spain 2015 Junior Ladies Result . International Skating Union . 23 March 2021.
  14. Web site: ISU Four Continents Figure Skating Championships 2016 . International Skating Union . 23 March 2021.
  15. Web site: ISU World Junior Figure Skating Championships 2016 . International Skating Union . 23 March 2021.
  16. Web site: 2016 Autumn Classic International Results . Skate Canada . 23 March 2021.
  17. Web site: SA National Championship 2017 Senior Ladies Result . South African Figure Skating Unions . 23 March 2021.
  18. Web site: ISU Four Continents Figure Skating Championships 2017 . International Skating Union . 23 March 2021.
  19. Web site: Michaela DU TOIT: 2016/2017 . . https://web.archive.org/web/20170218154054/http://www.isuresults.com/bios/isufs00034500.htm . February 18, 2017 .
  20. Web site: Michaela DU TOIT: 2015/2016 . . https://web.archive.org/web/20151020073521/http://www.isuresults.com/bios/isufs00034500.htm . October 20, 2015 .
  21. Web site: Michaela DU TOIT: 2015/2016 . . https://web.archive.org/web/20160219150828/http://www.isuresults.com/bios/isufs00034500.htm . February 19, 2016 .
  22. Web site: Michaela DU TOIT: 2014/2015 . . https://web.archive.org/web/20141003094539/http://www.isuresults.com/bios/isufs00034500.htm . October 3, 2014 .
  23. Web site: Michaela DU TOIT: 2013/2014 . . https://web.archive.org/web/20131113182123/http://www.isuresults.com/bios/isufs00034500.htm . November 13, 2013 .
  24. Web site: Michaela DU TOIT: 2013/2014 . . https://web.archive.org/web/20140814125908/http://www.isuresults.com/bios/isufs00034500.htm . August 14, 2014 .
  25. Web site: Competition Results: Michaela DU TOIT . International Skating Union .

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