South African Figure Skating Championships

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The South African Figure Skating Championships are held annually to crown the national champions of South Africa. Skaters compete in men's singles, women's singles, pair skating, and ice dance at the senior, junior, and novice levels, although not every discipline is held every year due to a lack of participants. The event is organized by the South African Figure Skating Association, the sport's governing body.

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Senior medalists

Men's singles

YearLocationGoldSilverBronzeRef.
1996Ferdi SkoberlaPaul SlabbertEtienne Dreyer [1]
1998 Cape Town [2]
1999 Johannesburg No other competitors [3]
2001 Pretoria Dino Quattrocecere Gareth Echardt No other competitors [4]
2002 Cape Town No other competitors [5]
2003 Gareth Echardt No other competitors [6]
2004 Justin Pietersen [7]
2005 [8]
2006 Matthew Wilkinson Justin Pietersen [9]
2007 Cape Town Justin Pietersen No other competitors [10]
2008 Kempton Park No other competitors [11]
2009 Cape Town [12]
2010 Pretoria [13]
2011 Cape Town [14]
2012 Kempton Park Paul Richardeau [15]
2014 Pretoria Johann Wilkinson [16]
2015 Cape Town [17]
2016 [18]
2017 Durban Matthew Samuels [19]
2018 Pretoria [20]
2019 Cape Town [21]
2021 Gauteng Evan WrenschSinali Sango [22]
2022 Cape Town Evan WrenschNo other competitors [23]
2023 Pretoria [24]

Women's singles

YearLocationGoldSilverBronzeRef.
1980 Pretoria Karen van der Merwe
1981
1982
1983
1984
1994 Johannesburg Claire AuretPaula Stephenson
1996 Shirene Human Natasha BilikChantal de Bruin [1]
1998 Cape Town Paula Stephenson [2]
1999 Johannesburg Simone JosephPaula Stephenson [3]
2000 Cape Town No other competitors [25]
2001 Pretoria Quinn Wilmans [4]
2002 Cape Town Jenna-Anne Buys Quinn Wilmans [5]
2003Cherie Van Heerden [6]
2004 Jenna-Anne Buys Shirene Human Abigail Pietersen [7]
2005 Shirene Human Jenna-Anne Buys [8]
2006 Jenna-Anne Buys No other competitors [9]
2007 Cape Town Abigail Pietersen No other competitors [10]
2008 Kempton Park Lejeanne Marais [11]
2009 Cape Town Megan Allely Abigail Pietersen [12]
2010 Pretoria Abigail Pietersen Lejeanne Marais Kim Falconer [13]
2011 Cape Town Lejeanne Marais Kim FalconerNo other competitors [14]
2012 Kempton Park Chloe DepouillyNadia Geldenhuys [15]
2013 Cape Town Kim Falconer [26]
2014 Pretoria Nadia GeldenhuysKim Falconer [16]
2015 Cape Town Michaela Du Toit Kim FalconerNo other competitors [17]
2016Nadia GeldenhuysNo other competitors [18]
2017 Durban Michaela Du Toit Kathryn WinstanleyNo other competitors [19]
2018 Pretoria Kathryn WinstanleyNo other competitors [20]
2019 Cape Town [21]
2021 Gauteng [22]
2022 Cape Town Gian-Quen IsaacsKathryn WinstanleyAbigail Samuels [23]
2023 Pretoria Abigail SamuelsNo other competitors [24]
2024 Cape Town Gian-Quen Isaacs [27]

Pairs

YearLocationGoldSilverBronzeRef.
2019 Cape Town
  • Eloise Papka
  • Johannes Wilkinson
No other competitors [21]
2022
  • Julia Mauder
  • Johannes Wilkinson
 [23]
2023 Pretoria [24]

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