{{Short description|South African figure skater and actress}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{Infobox figure skater | honorific_prefix = | name = Michaela du Toit | honorific_suffix = | image = File:Michaela du Toit - 2016 Junior World Championships.jpg | image_size = | alt = | caption = du Toit at the 2016 World Junior Championships. | native_name = | native_name_lang = | full_name = | altname = | country = {{RSA}} | birth_name = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|2000|01|10}} | birth_place = Poole, England, United Kingdom | death_date = | death_place = | hometown = | spouse = | height = 174 cm<ref name="ISU" /> | partner = | coach = Brian Orser | skating club = | beganskating = 2008 | retired = | show-medals = <!-- yes to display --> | medaltemplates = <!-- for Olympic medals in place of separate infobox. For syntax, see Template:Medal templates documentation --> }} '''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.<ref name="toronto">{{cite web |last1=Sunshine |first1=Fannie |title=North York figure skater Michaela du Toit stars in Family Channel's 'Ice Girls' feature film |url=https://www.toronto.com/news-story/6371459-north-york-figure-skater-michaela-du-toit-stars-in-family-channel-s-ice-girls-feature-film/ |website=Toronto |access-date=23 March 2021 |date=2 March 2016}}</ref>
== Personal life == Michaela du Toit was born on January 10, 2000, in Poole, England, but she grew up in Toronto, Canada.<ref name="ISU">{{cite web |title=Michaela DU TOIT |url=http://www.isuresults.com/bios/isufs00034500.htm |website=International Skating Union |access-date=23 March 2021}}</ref> 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.<ref name="toronto" />
In 2016, she made her acting debut playing the character Maddie in the TV movie Ice Girl.<ref name="IMDB">{{cite web |title=Michaela du Toit |url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm7770745/ |website=IMDb |access-date=23 March 2021}}</ref>
== 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.<ref>{{cite web |title=ISU JGP Mexico Cup Junior Ladies Results |url=http://www.isuresults.com/results/jgpmex2013/CAT002RS.HTM |website=International Skating Union |access-date=23 March 2021}}</ref> She also won the 2013 junior South African national title.<ref>{{cite web |title=2013 SA NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS Junior Ladies Result |url=http://www.safsa.org.za/Competitions/13Nationals/results/CAT004RS.HTM |website=South African Figure Skating Association |access-date=23 March 2021}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{cite web |title=ISU World Junior Figure Skating Championships 2014 |url=http://www.isuresults.com/results/wjc2014/CAT002RS.HTM |website=International Skating Union |access-date=23 March 2021}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{cite web |title=ISU JGP Nagoya TV Cup 2014 Junior Ladies Result |url=http://www.isuresults.com/results/jgpjpn2014/CAT002RS.HTM |website=International Skating Union |access-date=23 March 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=ISU JGP Germany 2014 Junior Ladies Results |url=http://www.isuresults.com/results/jgpger2014/CAT002RS.HTM |website=International Skating Union |access-date=23 March 2021}}</ref> She won her second junior South African national title in 2014.<ref>{{cite web |title=South African National Championships 2014 Junior Ladies Result |url=http://www.safsa.org.za/Competitions/14Nationals/results/CAT004RS.HTM |website=South African Figure Skating Association |access-date=23 March 2021}}</ref> At the 2015 Junior World Championships, she finished 37th again.<ref>{{cite web |title=ISU World Junior Figure Skating Championships 2015 |url=http://www.isuresults.com/results/wjc2015/CAT002RS.HTM |website=International Skating Union |access-date=23 March 2021}}</ref> She won her first senior South African National Championships in 2015.<ref>{{cite web |title=SA National Championships 2015 Senior Ladies Result |url=http://www.safsa.org.za/Competitions/15Nationals/results/CAT002RS.HTM |website=South African Figure Skating Association |access-date=23 March 2021}}</ref>
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.<ref>{{cite web |title=ISU JGP Poland 2015 Junior Ladies Result |url=http://www.isuresults.com/results/season1516/jgppol2015/CAT002RS.HTM |website=International Skating Union |access-date=23 March 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=ISU JGP Spain 2015 Junior Ladies Result |url=http://www.isuresults.com/results/season1516/jgpesp2015/CAT002RS.HTM |website=International Skating Union |access-date=23 March 2021}}</ref> She competed at the 2016 Four Continents Championships where she finished 18th.<ref>{{cite web |title=ISU Four Continents Figure Skating Championships 2016 |url=http://www.isuresults.com/results/season1516/fc2016/CAT002RS.HTM |website=International Skating Union |access-date=23 March 2021}}</ref> She finished 31st at the 2016 Junior World Championships.<ref>{{cite web |title=ISU World Junior Figure Skating Championships 2016 |url=http://www.isuresults.com/results/season1516/wjc2016/CAT002RS.HTM |website=International Skating Union |access-date=23 March 2021}}</ref>
du Toit competed at the 2016 Autumn Classic International where she finished 15th.<ref>{{cite web |title=2016 Autumn Classic International Results |url=https://skatecanada.ca/latest-results/2016-autumn-classic-international-results/#tab-id-2-active |website=Skate Canada |access-date=23 March 2021}}</ref> She won her second senior national title in 2017.<ref>{{cite web |title=SA National Championship 2017 Senior Ladies Result |url=https://www.safsa.org.za/Competitions/17Nationals/results/CAT032RS.HTM |website=South African Figure Skating Unions |access-date=23 March 2021}}</ref> At the 2017 Four Continents Championships, she finished 23rd in the short program but then withdrew before the free skate.<ref>{{cite web |title=ISU Four Continents Figure Skating Championships 2017 |url=http://www.isuresults.com/results/season1617/fc2017/CAT002RS.HTM |website=International Skating Union |access-date=23 March 2021}}</ref>
==Programs== {|class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" |- ! Season ! Short program ! Free skating |- ! 2016–2017 <br> <ref name=ISU-1617>{{cite web |url= http://www.isuresults.com/bios/isufs00034500.htm |title= Michaela DU TOIT: 2016/2017 |publisher= International Skating Union |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20170218154054/http://www.isuresults.com/bios/isufs00034500.htm |archive-date= February 18, 2017 }}</ref> | rowspan=2 | * La Vie en rose <br> {{small| by Édith Piaf <br> performed by Louis Armstrong }} * I Love Paris In the Spring <br> {{small| by Vanessa Paradis <br> choreo. by Shae-Lynn Bourne }} | * Pas de Deux <br> {{small| (from ''The Nutcracker'') <br> by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky <br> choreo. by Joey Russell, Jeffrey Buttle }} |- ! 2015–2016 <br> <ref name=ISU-1516>{{cite web |url= http://www.isuresults.com/bios/isufs00034500.htm |title= Michaela DU TOIT: 2015/2016 |publisher= International Skating Union |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20151020073521/http://www.isuresults.com/bios/isufs00034500.htm |archive-date= October 20, 2015 }}</ref><ref name=ISU-15162>{{cite web |url= http://www.isuresults.com/bios/isufs00034500.htm |title= Michaela DU TOIT: 2015/2016 |publisher= International Skating Union |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20160219150828/http://www.isuresults.com/bios/isufs00034500.htm |archive-date= February 19, 2016 }}</ref> | * Take Five * Unsquare Dance <br> {{small| by Dave Brubeck <br> choreo. by Shae-Lynn Bourne }} ---- * Don Quixote <br> {{small| by Ludwig Minkus <br> choreo. by David Wilson }} |- ! 2014–2015 <br> <ref name=ISU-1415>{{cite web |url= http://www.isuresults.com/bios/isufs00034500.htm |title= Michaela DU TOIT: 2014/2015 |publisher= International Skating Union |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20141003094539/http://www.isuresults.com/bios/isufs00034500.htm |archive-date= October 3, 2014 }}</ref> | * Gaîté Parisienne <br> {{small| by Jacques Offenbach <br> choreo. by David Wilson }} | * Don Quixote <br> {{small| by Ludwig Minkus <br> choreo. by David Wilson }} |- ! 2013–2014 <br> <ref name=ISU-1314>{{cite web |url= http://www.isuresults.com/bios/isufs00034500.htm |title= Michaela DU TOIT: 2013/2014 |publisher= International Skating Union |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20131113182123/http://www.isuresults.com/bios/isufs00034500.htm |archive-date= November 13, 2013 }}</ref><ref name=ISU-13142>{{cite web |url= http://www.isuresults.com/bios/isufs00034500.htm |title= Michaela DU TOIT: 2013/2014 |publisher= International Skating Union |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20140814125908/http://www.isuresults.com/bios/isufs00034500.htm |archive-date= August 14, 2014 }}</ref> | * Gaîté Parisienne <br> {{small| by Jacques Offenbach <br> choreo. by David Wilson }} ---- * Carmen <br> {{small| by Georges Bizet <br> choreo. by David Wilson }} | * The Nutcracker <br> {{small| by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky <br> choreo. by Mary Larmer }} |}
==Competitive highlights== ''GP: Grand Prix; JGP: Junior Grand Prix''
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" |- ! style="background-color: #ffdead; " colspan=5 align=center | International<ref name=ISU-MDT>{{cite web |url= http://www.isuresults.com/bios/isufs_cr_00034500.htm |title= Competition Results: Michaela DU TOIT |publisher= International Skating Union }}</ref> |- ! Event ! 13–14 ! 14–15 ! 15–16 ! 16–17 |- | align=left | Four Continents || || || 18th || WD |- | align=left | FBMA Trophy || || || || 10th |- | align=left | Golden Bear || || || || 17th |- | align=left | Open d'Andorra || || || bgcolor=silver | 2nd || bgcolor=cc9966 | 3rd |- | align=left | Reykjavik || || || bgcolor=cc9966 | 3rd || |- ! style="background-color: #ffdead; " colspan=5 align=center | International: Junior |- | align=left | Junior Worlds || 37th || 37th || 31st || |- | align=left | {{small|JGP}} Germany || || 12th || || |- | align=left | {{small|JGP}} Japan || || 15th || || |- | align=left | {{small|JGP}} Mexico || 16th || || || |- | align=left | {{small|JGP}} Poland || || || 18th || |- | align=left | Bavarian Open || bgcolor=cc9966 | 3rd || 11th || || |- | align=left | NRW Trophy || 12th || || || |- | align=left | Skate Helena || bgcolor=silver | 2nd || || || |- ! style="background-color: #ffdead; " colspan=5 align=center | National |- | align=left | South African || bgcolor=gold | 1st J. || bgcolor=gold | 1st || || bgcolor=gold | 1st |- | colspan=5 align=center | <small> WD = Withdraw; J. = Junior level </small> |}
== References == {{Reflist}}
== External links == {{commons category}} * {{isu name | id=00034500 | name=Michaela du Toit}} * {{Instagram | michaela_dt | Michaela du Toit }}
{{DEFAULTSORT:du Toit, Michaela}} Category:2000 births Category:Living people Category:Sportspeople from Poole Category:White South African people Category:South African female single skaters Category:21st-century South African sportswomen