Algirdas Šocikas

{{short description|Lithuanian boxer}}

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| birth_date = 14 May 1928

| birth_place = Žalias Ostempas, Lithuania

| death_date = 21 November 2012 (aged 84)

| death_place = Kaunas, Lithuania

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{{MedalCompetition|European Amateur Championships}}

{{MedalGold| 1953 Warsaw | Heavyweight}}

{{MedalGold| 1955 West Berlin | Heavyweight}}

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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.{{cite web|url=http://sportas.delfi.lt/national/mire-legendinis-lietuvos-boksininkas-asocikas.d?id=60049929 |title=Mirė legendinis Lietuvos boksininkas A.Šocikas – DELFI Žinios |publisher=Sportas.delfi.lt |date= |accessdate=23 November 2012}} 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.[https://web.archive.org/web/20200418103734/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/so/algirdas-socikas-1.html Algirdas Šocikas]. sports-reference.com{{cite web|url=http://kauno.diena.lt/naujienos/miestas/ringo-dzentelmenas-a-socikas-palydetas-i-paskutine-kelione-462706|title=Ringo džentelmenas A. Šocikas palydėtas į paskutinę kelionę |accessdate=25 November 2012|language=lt}}