Michaela Du Toit

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

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. She also won the 2013 junior South African national title. 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. 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. She won her second junior South African national title in 2014. At the 2015 Junior World Championships, she finished 37th again. She won her first senior South African National Championships in 2015.

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. She competed at the 2016 Four Continents Championships where she finished 18th. She finished 31st at the 2016 Junior World Championships.

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

Programs Season Short program Free skating 2016–2017 La Vie en rose I Love Paris In the Spring Pas de Deux 2015–2016 Take Five Unsquare Dance

Don Quixote 2014–2015 Gaîté Parisienne Don Quixote 2013–2014 Gaîté Parisienne

Carmen The Nutcracker

Competitive highlights GP: Grand Prix; JGP: Junior Grand Prix

International 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 Germany 12th Japan 15th Mexico 16th Poland 18th Bavarian Open 3rd 11th NRW Trophy 12th Skate Helena 2nd National South African 1st J. 1st 1st WD = Withdraw; J. = Junior level