JC Pretorius
| Full name | Johannes Christoffel Pretorius | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Born | 29 January 1998 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 92 kg (203 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| School | Laerskool Goedehoop/Hoër Tegniese Skool Middelburg | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Medal record | ||
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| Men's rugby sevens | ||
| Representing File:Flag of South Africa.svg South Africa | ||
| Commonwealth Games | ||
| Gold medal – first place | 2022 Birmingham | Team competition |
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Johannes Christoffel Pretorius (born 29 January 1998) is a South African rugby sevens player for the South Africa national team and a rugby union player for the Emirates Lions in the United Rugby Championship and the Currie Cup.[1] His regular position is flanker.
Biography
[edit | edit source]Pretorius represented the Pumas at the 2015 and 2016 Craven Week tournaments — culminating in a call-up to the South Africa Schools squad for the Under-19 International Series in August 2016 — before moving to Pretoria to join the Blue Bulls. He was named in the Bulls' wider training squad prior to the 2019 Super Rugby season,[2] but was also included in the South Africa national sevens squad prior to the 2018–19 World Rugby Sevens Series.[3]
In January 2019, Pretorius was named the Blitzboks' travelling reserve for the Hamilton Sevens,[4] and a week later, he was included in the main squad for the Sydney event.[5]
In 2022, He was part of the South African team that won their second Commonwealth Games gold medal in Birmingham.[6][7][8][9]
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- South African rugby union players
- Living people
- 1998 births
- People from Govan Mbeki Local Municipality
- Rugby union flankers
- South Africa international rugby sevens players
- Rugby sevens players at the 2020 Summer Olympics
- Olympic rugby sevens players for South Africa
- Rugby sevens players at the 2022 Commonwealth Games
- Commonwealth Games gold medallists for South Africa
- Commonwealth Games gold medallists in rugby sevens
- Lions (United Rugby Championship) players
- Medallists at the 2022 Commonwealth Games
- 21st-century South African sportsmen
- Rugby union players from Mpumalanga
- South African rugby union biography, 1990s birth stubs