caption death_date death_place birth_place image_size sport birth_date image article_title name
joseph straka at the 1928 olympics 29 june 1976 litoměřice , czechoslovakia mělník , austria-hungary 270px rowing 14 july 1904 joseph straka sr 1928.jpg josef straka -lrb- rower , born 1904 -rrb-
 josef straka
josef straka -lrb- rower , born 1904 -rrb-

josef straka -lrb- 14 july 1904 -- 29 june 1976 -rrb- was a czechoslovak rower who won one silver and three bronze medals at the european championships of 1925 -- 1932 .
he competed at the 1928 and 1936 olympics in the single and double sculls , respectively , but failed to reach the finals .
his son was also named josef straka and was also an olympic rower .
