Algirdas Å ocikas
Soviet Lithuanian boxer
Died when: 84 years 191 days (1014 months)Star Sign: Taurus
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.
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 Ricardas Tamulis and Jonas Cepulis, among others.
He died in Kaunas, aged 84, and was buried in Petrašiunai Cemetery.
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