Marlon August
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| Nationality |
 South Africa | ||||||||||||
| Born |
9 July 1982 Johannesburg, South Africa | ||||||||||||
| Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||||||||||||
| Weight | 73 kg (161 lb) | ||||||||||||
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| Sport | Judo | ||||||||||||
| Event(s) | 73 kg | ||||||||||||
| Club | TuksSport | ||||||||||||
Medal record
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Marlon August (born 9 July 1982 in Johannesburg) attended Bryanston High School in Johannesburg. He is a South African judoka, who played for the lightweight category.[1] He won a bronze medal for his division at the 2008 African Judo Championships in Agadir, Morocco.
August represented South Africa at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, where he competed for the men's lightweight class (73 kg). He defeated United Arab Emirates' Saeed Rashed Alqubaisi in the first preliminary round, before losing out his next match, with an ippon and a seoi-nage (shoulder throw), to Brazil's Leandro Guilheiro.[2]
References
- ↑ "Marlon August". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 29 December 2012.
- ↑ "Men's Lightweight (73kg/161 lbs) Preliminaries". NBC Olympics. Retrieved 29 December 2012.