Michaela du Toit facts for kids
Quick facts for kids Michaela du Toit |
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du Toit at the 2016 World Junior Championships.
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| Personal information | |
| Country represented |  South Africa |
| Former country(ies) represented |  Canada |
| Born | January 10, 2000 Poole, England, United Kingdom |
| Residence | Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
| Height | 174 cm |
| Coach | Brian Orser |
| Former coach | Andrei Berezintsev, Oula Jaaskelainen, Veronika Bogomolova |
| Choreographer | Shae-Lynn Bourne, Joey Russell, Jeffrey Buttle |
| Former skating club | Western Province FSC |
| Began skating | 2008 |
| ISU personal best scores | |
| Combined total | 121.94 2015 JGP Spain |
| Short program | 46.84 2015 JGP Spain |
| Free skate | 75.94 2016 Four Continents |
Michaela du Toit (born January 10, 2000) is a talented figure skater from South Africa. She is also an actress! Michaela won the South African National Champion title in both 2015 and 2017. You might have seen her in the 2016 film Ice Girls. In the movie, she starred alongside Elvis Stojko, a famous Olympic silver medalist.
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Michaela du Toit: Skater and Actress
Early Life and Start in Skating
Michaela du Toit was born on January 10, 2000, in Poole, England. However, she grew up in Toronto, Canada. When she was six years old, she started playing hockey. Later, she decided to switch to figure skating.
Michaela first represented Canada in her skating career. She then decided to represent South Africa. This is the country where her family originally comes from.
Skating Achievements
Michaela began competing in the ISU Junior Grand Prix (JGP) series in the 2013–14 season. This is a big competition for young skaters. She finished 16th at the JGP Mexico event. That same year, she won her first junior South African national title.
In 2014, Michaela competed at her first Junior World Championships. She finished 37th in the short program. She did not move on to the free skate part of the competition. She won her second junior South African national title in 2014.
Michaela continued to compete in the Junior Grand Prix series. She finished 15th in Japan and 12th in Germany during the 2014–15 season. At the 2015 Junior World Championships, she again finished 37th. In 2015, she won her first senior South African National Championships. This was a big step up for her!
In the 2015–16 season, she competed in two more Junior Grand Prix events. She finished 18th in Poland and 13th in Spain. Michaela also competed at the 2016 Four Continents Championships. She placed 18th there. At the 2016 Junior World Championships, she finished 31st.
Michaela won her second senior national title in 2017. She also competed at the 2017 Four Continents Championships. She finished 23rd in the short program but later withdrew from the competition.
Life Outside Skating
In 2016, Michaela made her debut as an actress. She played the character Maddie in the TV movie Ice Girls. This movie was shown on the Family Channel.
