| JC Pretorius | |
| Fullname: | Johannes Christoffel Pretorius |
| Birth Date: | 29 January 1998 |
| Birth Place: | Secunda, South Africa |
| School: | Laerskool Goedehoop/Hoër Tegniese Skool Middelburg |
| Position: | Flanker |
| Currentclub: | / |
| Youthyears1: | 2014–2016 |
| Youthyears2: | 2017–2019 |
| Years1: | 2023– |
| Apps1: | 23 |
| Points1: | 25 |
| Years2: | 2023– |
| Apps2: | 9 |
| Points2: | 20 |
| Repyears1: | 2016 |
| Repteam1: | South Africa Schools |
| Repcaps1: | 3 |
| Reppoints1: | 0 |
| Repyears2: | 2019–2022 |
| Repteam2: | South Africa Sevens |
| Repcaps2: | 122 |
| Reppoints2: | 250 |
| Clubupdate: | 18 June 2024 |
| Repupdate: | 17 January 2023 |
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. His regular position is flanker.
Pretorius represented the 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 . He was named in the ' wider training squad prior to the 2019 Super Rugby season,[1] but was also included in the South Africa national sevens squad prior to the 2018–19 World Rugby Sevens Series.[2]
In January 2019, Pretorius was named the Blitzboks' travelling reserve for the Hamilton Sevens,[3] and a week later, he was included in the main squad for the Sydney event.[4]
In 2022, He was part of the South African team that won their second Commonwealth Games gold medal in Birmingham.[5] [6] [7] [8]