Birth Date: | 14 May 1928 |
Birth Place: | Žalias Ostempas, Lithuania |
Death Date: | 21 November 2012 (aged 84) |
Death Place: | Kaunas, Lithuania |
Sport: | Boxing |
Show-Medals: | yes |
Algirdas Šocikas (14 May 1928 – 21 November 2012) was a Lithuanian amateur heavyweight boxer who won the European title in 1953 and 1955 and finished fifth at the 1952 Olympics.[1] He won six Soviet (1950–1954, 1956), six Lithuanian (1947–1948, 1951–1953, 1956) and three Baltic championships (1948, 1950, 1952). After retiring in 1957 he worked as a boxing coach in Kaunas and raised the Olympic medalists Ričardas Tamulis and Jonas Čepulis, among others. He died in Kaunas, aged 84, and was buried in Petrašiūnai Cemetery.[2] [3]