South African Figure Skating Championships

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.

South African Figure Skating Championships
Status	Active
Genre	National championships
Frequency	Annual
Country	South Africa
Inaugurated	1954–55
Organised by	South African Figure Skating Association

"South Africa is making only its second international appearance in an Olympic-sanctioned sport since a 31-year ban on the country's athletes was lifted earlier this fall."^[1]

194 skaters competed in the 1991/92 South African championships; about 25% were black. "Sport in our country is going to play a major role to complement the political situation," said Daniel Mayo, the national organizer of South Africa's National and Olympic Sports Congress, who was also imprisoned on Robben Island with Nelson Mandela during the 1980s. Mayo acknowledged the irony of a white-dominated sport helping to dispel the influence of apartheid, but noted that ice skating was gaining popularity among black South Africans.^[1]

Senior medalists

Men's singles

Men's event medalists

Season	Location	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Ref.
1954–55	Johannesburg	Arthur Chapman[2]	Andre Erlank[2]	No other competitors
1955–56
1956–57
1957–58		Lennie Mills	Ronald Hughes
1958–59
1959–64	No men's competitors
1964–65	Durban	Brian O'Shea[3]
1965–66			Paul Wolozyn	No other competitors
1969–70		Paul Wolozyn			[4]
1970–71	Pretoria
1971–72		No men's competitors
1972–73	Cape Town	Robert Dunn[5]
1973–74	Durban	No gold medal awarded[a]	Stephen Melville[a]	No other competitors	[6]
1974–75	Johannesburg	Stephen Melville[7]	Jeremy Dowson[8]
1975–76		Johannes Potgieter		Stephen Melville	[7]
1976–77			Lenel van den Berg[8]	Jeremy Dowson[8]
1977–78		Jeremy Dowson[9]		Garry Braid	[8]
1978–79			Garry Braid[9]	No other competitors
1979–80		Rick Simons[10]	No other competitors
1980–81
1981–82
1982–83
1983–84
1984–85
1985–86		Daniel Voges
1986–87		Rick Simons
1987–88
1988–89		Dino Quattrocecere[1]
1989–90
1990–91
1991–92
1992–93
1993–94
1994–95		Robert Ward
1995–96
1996–97		Ferdi Skoberla	Paul Slabbert	Etienne Dreyer	[11]
1997–98	Cape Town				[12]
1998–99	Johannesburg		No other competitors		[13]
1999–2000	Cape Town	No men's competitors			[14]
2000–01	Pretoria	Dino Quattrocecere	Gareth Echardt	No other competitors	[15]
2000–02	Cape Town		No other competitors		[16]
2000–03			Gareth Echardt	No other competitors	[17]
2003–04		No men's competitors			[18]
2004–05		Justin Pietersen	Gareth Echardt	No other competitors	[19]
2005–06		Matthew Wilkinson		Justin Pietersen	[20]
2006–07		Justin Pietersen		No other competitors	[21]
2007–08	Kempton Park		No other competitors		[22]
2008–09	Cape Town				[23]
2009–10	Pretoria				[24]
2010–11	Cape Town				[25]
2011–12	Kempton Park	Paul Richardeau			[26]
2012–13	Pretoria	No men's competitors			[27]
2013–14		Johann Wilkinson	No other competitors		[28]
2014–15	Cape Town				[29]
2015–16					[30]
2016–17	Durban	Matthew Samuels			[31]
2017–18	Pretoria				[32]
2018–19	Cape Town				[33]
2019–20	Competition cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic				[34]
2020–21	Centurion	Matthew Samuels	Evan Wrensch	Sinali Sango	[35]
2021–22	Cape Town	Evan Wrensch	No other competitors		[36]
2022–23	Pretoria				[37]
2023–25	No men's competitors

1. Stephen Melville did not achieve the required standards in compulsory figures to be named the South African Champion; he was awarded the second place medal instead.

Women's singles

Women's event medalists

Season	Location	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Ref.
1952–53		Coreen Van Heerden[2]
1953–54
1954–55	Johannesburg	Yvonne Upcott[2]	Coreen Van Heerden[2]	No other competitors
1955–56
1956–57		Louise Dahl
1957–58		Patricia Eastwood[38]	Pauline Gawler	June Elliott
1958–59			Marion Sage
1959–60		Marion Sage
1960–65	No women's competitors
1965–66	Durban	Ann Smith[3]
1966–67		Marcelle Matthews	Margaret Betts	Glenda O'Shea
1967–68		Margaret Betts
1968–69
1969–70		Marcelle Matthews	Vanessa Jackson	Glenda O'Shea	[4]
1970–71		Vanessa Jackson
1971–72	Pretoria
1972–73	Cape Town	Ann Broadhurst[5]
1973–74	Durban	Pamela Smith[6]
1974–75	Johannesburg	Karen Hayne
1975–76		Lynne Rayner	Tammy Grenfell	Jane Howard	[7]
1976–77			Irene Anderson	Tammy Grenfell	[8]
1977–78			Tammy Grenfell	Irene Anderson
1978–79		Tammy Grenfell	No other competitors		[9]
1979–80	Pretoria	Irene Anderson	Sheryl Lane	No other competitors
1980–81		Irene Anderson
1981–82		Barbara-Anne Hawkes
1982–83		Adrianne Platt
1983–84		Adrianne Platt
1984–85		Andrea Lief
1985–86		Barbara-Anne Hawkes
1986–87		Andrea Lief
1987–88
1988–89		Barbara-Anne Hawkes
1989–90
1990–91		Juanita-Anne Yorke
1991–92
1992–93		Barbara-Anne Hawkes	Juanita-Anne Yorke	Kim Harris
1993–94
1994–95	Johannesburg	Claire Auret	Paula Stephenson
1995–96		Shirene Human
1996–97			Natasha Bilik	Chantal de Bruin	[11]
1997–98	Cape Town		Paula Stephenson		[12]
1998–99	Johannesburg		Simone Joseph	Paula Stephenson	[13]
1999–2000	Cape Town			Tracy Downey	[14]
2000–01	Pretoria		Quinn Wilmans		[15]
2001–02	Cape Town		Jenna-Anne Buys	Quinn Wilmans	[16]
2002–03				Cherie Van Heerden	[17]
2003–04		Jenna-Anne Buys	Shirene Human	Abigail Pietersen	[18]
2004–05		Shirene Human	Jenna-Anne Buys		[19]
2005–06		Jenna-Anne Buys	No other competitors		[20]
2006–07			Abigail Pietersen	No other competitors	[21]
2007–08	Kempton Park	Lejeanne Marais			[22]
2008–09	Cape Town		Megan Allely	Abigail Pietersen	[23]
2009–10	Pretoria	Abigail Pietersen	Lejeanne Marais	Kim Falconer	[24]
2010–11	Cape Town	Lejeanne Marais	Kim Falconer	No other competitors	[25]
2011–12	Kempton Park		Chloé Dépouilly	Nadia Geldenhuys	[26]
2012–13	Cape Town		Kim Falconer		[27]
2013–14	Pretoria		Nadia Geldenhuys	Kim Falconer	[28]
2014–15	Cape Town	Michaela du Toit	Kim Falconer	No other competitors	[29]
2015–16		Nadia Geldenhuys	No other competitors		[30]
2016–17	Durban	Michaela du Toit	Kathryn Winstanley	No other competitors	[31]
2017–18	Pretoria	Kathryn Winstanley	No other competitors		[32]
2018–19	Cape Town				[33]
2019–20	Competition cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic				[34]
2020–21	Centurion	Kathryn Winstanley	No other competitors		[35]
2021–22	Cape Town	Gian-Quen Isaacs	Kathryn Winstanley	Abigail Samuels	[36]
2022–23	Pretoria	Abigail Samuels	No other competitors		[37]
2023–24	Cape Town	Gian-Quen Isaacs			[39]
2024–25	Centurion				[40]

Pairs

Pairs event medalists

Season	Location	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Ref.
1947–48		Audrey McCue & Travers Penrose
1948–49
1949–50
1950–51		June Callaghan & Travers Penrose
1951–52
1952–53
1953–54		Yvonne Upcott Travers Penrose
1954–55
1955–56	Johannesburg	Susan Ford Andre Erlank [2]	Yvonne Upcott Travers Penrose [2]	No other competitors
1956–57		Yvonne Upcott Travers Penrose
1957–58
1958–59		Barbara Matthews Lennie Mills [38]	Wendy Creux & Clive Phipson	Pauline Gawler & Basil Michael
1959–60			Glenda O'Shea Brian O'Shea	No other competitors
1960–65	No pairs competitors
1965–66	Durban	Glenda O'Shea Brian O'Shea [3]
1966–67			Janina Woloszyn & Paul Woloszyn	No other competitors
1967–68
1968–69
1969–70			Lynette Dunn Gavin Crompton	No other competitors	[4]
1970–71		Janina Woloszyn & Paul Woloszyn
1971–72	Pretoria
1972–73	Cape Town	Doreen Crofton Michael Ashton [5]
1973–74	Durban	Louise Buttle Lenel van den Berg [7]	Jane Howard Peter Swemmer	No other competitors	[6]
1974–75	Johannesburg
1975–76		Margaret McIntyre Lenel van den Berg [7]
1976–77			No other competitors
1977–78		Helga Balk Gavin MacPherson	Tracey Egan Gary Culverwell	No other competitors	[8]
1978–79			No other competitors		[9]
1979–80		Barbara-Anne Hawkes & Grant Walker	Antoinette Els & Gerald Taljaard	No other competitors
1980–81		Helga Balk Gavin MacPherson
1981–82		Barbara-Anne Hawkes & Grant Walker
1982–83		Lisa Quattrocecere Rick Simons [10]
1983–84		Antoinette Els & Gerald Taljaard
1984–85
1985–86
1986–87		No pairs competitors
1987–88		Delene McKenzie & B. Voges
1988–89
1989–90
1990–91
1991–92		Claire Auret & Chris van Rensburg
1992–93
1993–94
1994–95	Johannesburg
1996–2018	No pairs competitors
2018–19	Cape Town	Eloise Papka Johann Wilkinson	No other competitors		[33]
2019–20	Competition cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic				[34]
2020–21	Centurion	No pairs competitors			[35]
2021–22	Cape Town	Julia Mauder Johann Wilkinson	No other competitors		[36]
2022–23	Pretoria				[37]
2023–25	No pairs competitors

Ice dance

Ice dance event medalists

Season	Location	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Ref.
1954–55	Johannesburg	Coreen van Heerden Cliff West [2]	Yvonne Upcott Travers Penrose [2]	Unknown
1964–65	Durban	Glenda O'Shea Brian O'Shea [3]	Unknown
1967–73	No ice dance competitors				[6]
1973–74	Durban	Elayne Reeve Jan Kitching	No other competitors
1974–75	Johannesburg	No ice dance competitors			[7]
1975–76		Lesley Robinson John Bonny	No other competitors
1976–77		Anita Gray Garry Braid
1977–78		Gavin MacPherson Carol Brown			[8]
1978–79		Gavin MacPherson Carol Brown [9]	Robert du Plessis Helga Balk [9]	Unknown

Junior medalists

Men's singles

Junior men's event medalists

Season	Location	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Ref.
1997–98	Cape Town	No gold medal awarded[a]	Martin van Heerden[a]	Ryan Alcock[a]	[12]
1998–99	Johannesburg	Winston Whitehead	Ryan Alcock	Claude Michaels	[13]
1999–2000	Cape Town	Gareth Echardt	Winston Whitehead	Ryan Alcock	[14]
2000–01	Pretoria	Ryan Alcock	No other competitors		[15]
2001–02	Cape Town	Ra'eez Hendricks			[16]
2002–03		Konrad Giering	Justin Pietersen	No other competitors	[17]
2003–04				Ra'eez Hendricks	[18]
2004–05		Keagan Cafun	Konrad Giering	No other competitors	[19]
2005–06		Konrad Giering	No other competitors		[20]
2006–07					[21]
2007–11	No junior men's competitors
2011–12	Kempton Park	Johann Wilkinson	No other competitors		[26]
2012–13	Pretoria	Ancio van Tonder			[27]
2013–14			Matthew Samuels	Joshua Rees	[28]
2014–15	Cape Town	Matthew Samuels	Ancio van Tonder	No other competitors	[29]
2015–16			Evan Wrensch		[30]
2016–17	Durban	Evan Wrensch	No other competitors		[31]
2017–18	Pretoria		Sinali Sango	No other competitors	[32]
2018–19	Cape Town				[33]
2019–20	Competition cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic				[34]
2020–21	Centurion	Nicolas van de Vijver	No other competitors		[35]
2021–22	Cape Town		Cody Kock	No other competitors	[36]
2022–23	Pretoria			Jonathan Wilson	[37]
2023–24	Cape Town	Cody Kock	Nicolas van de Vijver	No other competitors	[39]
2024–25	Centurion		No other competitors		[40]

1. None of the competitors in the 1998 men's junior event achieved the necessary scores to named the South African Champion.

Women's singles

Junior women's event medalists

Season	Location	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Ref.
1997–98	Cape Town	Hayley Gething	Tatum Tebbutt	Tracey Rogers	[12]
1998–99	Johannesburg	Quinn Wilmans			[13]
1999–2000	Cape Town		Hayley Gething	Janine Beron	[14]
2000–01	Pretoria	Cherie van Heerden	Sharlene Botha		[15]
2001–02	Cape Town	Abigail Pietersen	Janine Beron	No other competitors	[16]
2002–03			Jessica Amundsen	Megan Allely	[17]
2003–04		Megan Allely	No other competitors		[18]
2004–05		Lauren Henry	Megan Allely	Lejeanne Marais	[19]
2005–06		Megan Allely	Lauren Henry		[20]
2006–07		Siobhan McColl	Lejeanne Marais	Megan Allely	[21]
2007–08	Kempton Park		Megan Allely	Talitha Loftus	[22]
2008–09	Cape Town	Talitha Loftus	Kim Falconer	Tamarah Jacobs	[23]
2009–10	Pretoria	Nadia Geldenhuys	Anette Lande	Jessica Skinner	[24]
2010–11	Cape Town		Meredith Potgieter	No other competitors	[25]
2011–12	Kempton Park	Simonn Erwee		Jessica Skinner	[26]
2012–13	Pretoria	Michaela du Toit	Kathryn Winstanley	Simonn Erwee	[27]
2013–14					[28]
2014–15	Cape Town	Kathryn Winstanley	Courtney Kuhn	Lara Valenti	[29]
2015–16				Abigail Samuels	[30]
2016–17	Durban	Courtney Kuhn	Abigail Samuels	Christel Viljoen	[31]
2017–18	Pretoria	Marion Papka	Jaydean Brits	Abigail Samuels	[32]
2018–19	Cape Town	Gian-Quen Isaacs	Abigail Samuels	Marielle Kolaja	[33]
2019–20	Competition cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic				[34]
2020–21	Centurion	Gian-Quen Isaacs	Keva Emond	Megan Timmerman	[35]
2021–22	Cape Town	Ella Hawkes		Zara-Lee Jones	[36]
2022–23	Pretoria	Gian-Quen Isaacs	Jasmine Coetzee	Ella Hawkes	[37]
2023–24	Cape Town	Jasmine Coetzee	Ella Hawkes	Haley-Rae Thomson	[39]
2024–25	Centurion				[40]

Ice dance

Junior ice dance event medalists

Season	Location	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Ref.
1998–2002	No junior ice dance competitors
2002–03	Cape Town	Tiffany Jones Daniel O'Hanlon	No other competitors		[17]
2003–04			Lisa Fagan Peter Fagan	No other competitors	[18]
2004–05		Lisa Fagan Peter Fagan	No other competitors		[19]
2005–06		Tamsyn Scoble Quiesto Spieringshoek	Nicole Hayes Umayr Davids	No other competitors	[20]
2006–07			Rakshaan Hendricks Derrick Hayward		[21]
2007–08	Kempton Park		No other competitors		[22]
2008–22	No junior ice dance competitors
2022–23	Pretoria	Felicity Chase Mikhail Ajam	No other competitors		[37]
2023–24	Cape Town		Ella Hawkes Jonathan Wilson	No other competitors	[39]
2024–25	Centurion	No ice dance competitors			[40]