Career
He is a South African judoka, who played for the lightweight category. 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.