Laurence Sydney Birks (7 January 1928 â 10 July 2021) was an Australian boxer. He competed in the men's featherweight event at the 1948 Summer Olympics.
Birks married Elaine Rose Parry, a member of the Queensland cricket team, in Bundaberg on 21 October 1950.
Birks died in Gold Coast, Queensland on 10 July 2021, at the age of 93.