Algirdas Šocikas
Athlete
1928 – 2012
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Who was Algirdas Šocikas?
Algirdas Šocikas was a Soviet Lithuanian boxer.
Šocikas was born in Žalias Ostempas, Lithuania. He won the European Amateur Boxing Championships in the Heavyweight division twice: at Warsaw 1953 and West Berlin 1955. He participated in the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki.
He won the Soviet championship six times, the Lithuanian championship six times and the Baltic championship three times. He died, aged 84, in Kaunas, Lithuania, and was buried in Petrašiūnai Cemetery.
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- Born
- May 14, 1928
Lithuania - Also known as
- Шоцикас, Альгирдас Стасисович
- Died
- Nov 21, 2012
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on July 23, 2013
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