Lisa Stublić
Encyclopedia
Lisa Christina Stublić is a Croatia
n long-distance runner
. Born and raised in the United States, where she competed for the Columbia University
, Stublić moved to Croatia, her father's homeland, and established herself as a leading long-distance athlete in the country, having set the Croatian records
in 3000 meters steeplechase, 5000 meters, half marathon
, and marathon
. She is the first Croatian marathon runner ever to qualify for the Olympic Games
.
Stublić was born in Waterbury
, Connecticut
to father born in Sisak
, Croatia
, who later emigrated at age of 18, and subsequently moved to Connecticut and Italian American
mother. In high school, she had to pick a sport and after ruling out team sports and quitting swimming on her first training session – running was the last option left. With virtually no training, she became one of the top 10,000 m runners in her high school and qualified for the state championship. She chose athletic scholarship
offered by the Columbia University
and moved to New York in 2002 to study music theory
. In the third and fourth year of college, she switched from 5000 meters to 10,000 meters and steeplechase and became a member of the cross country team that won championship titles in each of the four years she competed. Stublić qualified for the NCAA
Nationals four times and earned the All-America
n honors once. After graduating, she lived in New York, working two jobs and training in a local athletic club. In 2008 she moved to Croatia to learn Croatian after becoming dissatisfied by her financial situation and the fact she could still not find a job as a professor of music.
In Croatia, Stublić moved to Zagreb and met Slavko Petrović, Croatian record holder over 10,000 meters, who was beginning to coach at the AC Zagreb Ulix. She joined AC Zagreb Ulix where Petrović, now her coach, noticed that her build and running efficiency made her naturally suited to competing over longer distances. In December 2008, after only three and a half months of work with her new coach, she set a national record in half marathon
. Already the top Croatian female distance runner by the end of 2008, having set the season's best marks in 3000 meters, 3000 meters steeplechase, 5000 meters, 10,000 meters and half marathon, Stublić agreed with her coach to focus on the track events in 2009, but to prepare for the marathon in the autumn of 2009, with the goal of qualifying for the 2012 Summer Olympics
. The 2009 season was successful, as she topped the national year rankings in the same five events again, setting national records over 3000 meters steeplechase and 5000 meters in the process. Stublić made her marathon debut at the 2010 Berlin Marathon
finishing ninth and well within the Olympic A standard. The result was the fastest marathon run by any Croatian athlete in 2010, including men. Stublić won the Linz Marathon, her second marathon race, clocking 2:30:46, ten minutes ahead of the rest of the women's field, improving the national record by almost three minutes. On August 27, 2011 she competed in the marathon at the 2011 World Championships in Athletics
in Daegu
, Korea—her first major championships and only the third marathon of her career. She placed 27th with the time of 2:36:41, slower than her personal best set earlier in the year, but still within her pre-race expectations.
, Connecticut
. Her father was born in Sisak
, Croatia
, but emigrated to Germany at age 18, then moved to California
and finally to Connecticut. Her mother is an American of Italian descent.
As a teenager, Stublić was not interested in running. In high school, Stublić had to pick a sport, but she disliked team sports, and – after she quit swimming on her first training session – running was the last option left. In her first race run on a 4 kilometres (2.5 mi) course, Stublić won two minutes ahead of the rest of the field. With virtually no training, she became one of the top 10,000 m runners in her high school and qualified for the state championship. Among several college athletic scholarship
offers, she chose Columbia University
and moved to New York in 2002 to study music theory
.
At the Columbia University, Stublić started training in earnest for the first time, and improved her 5000-meter results by two minutes in the first two years. In the third and fourth year of college, she switched from 5000 meters to 10,000 meters and steeplechase. She was a member of the women's cross country team that won championship titles in each of the four years she competed. Stublić qualified for the NCAA
Nationals in cross country four times and earned the All-America
n honors once, in her senior year, placing 10th in the nation. Despite her athletic achievements, at that time Stublić's primary interest was art – music, poetry and drawing – and she still saw running as little more than a hobby.
After graduating, Stublić lived in New York, working two jobs and training in a local athletic club. By late 2007, though, she was growing dissatisfied by her financial situation and the fact she could still not find a job as a professor of music. Feeling what she described as a "quarter-life crisis
", she decided to move to Croatia for a couple of years and to learn Croatian.
, then moving to Zagreb in order to train at the Dinamo-Zrinjevac athletic club. During summer training with the club on Rogla
, she met Slavko Petrović, Croatian record holder over 10,000 meters, who was winding down his athletic career and beginning his work as a coach at the AC Zagreb Ulix. She liked his methods and – dissatisfied with her status with Dinamo-Zrinjevac – decided to move to Zagreb Ulix and take Petrović as her coach.
Petrović quickly noticed that Stublić's slight build and running efficiency made her naturally suited to competing over longer distances, rather than middle-distance events she had focused on. In particular, Stublić had already started to develop back problems, caused by the strain of running 3000 meters steeplechase, her favorite event. At first, she was very reserved towards Petrović's suggestion to try the marathon
. Still, in December 2008, after only three and a half months of work with her new coach, she set a national record in half marathon
. She was finally convinced only when she tried to run for three straight hours in a training session, and found that it was not as difficult or tedious as she expected. Already the top Croatian female distance runner by the end of 2008, having set the season's best marks in 3000 meters, 3000 meters steeplechase, 5000 meters, 10,000 meters and half marathon, Stublić made an agreement with her coach to maintain the focus on the track events in 2009, but to start preparing for the marathon in the autumn of 2009, with the goal of qualifying for the 2012 Summer Olympics
in London
. The 2009 season was successful for Stublić, as she topped the national year rankings in the same five events again, setting national records over 3000 meters steeplechase and 5000 meters in the process.
After a year of preparation, Stublić made her marathon debut at the 2010 Berlin Marathon
. She placed ninth with the time of 2:33:42, well within the Olympic A standard of 2:37. Her fast time came as a surprise to many people, including Stublić herself. Her Berlin marathon not only beat the 21-year-old Croatian record by nearly six minutes, but was also the fastest marathon run by any Croatian athlete in 2010, including men.
On April 10, 2011, less than a month after placing fourth at the City-Pier-City Loop half marathon in The Hague
with a new national record, Stublić competed at the Linz Marathon. She won her second marathon race, clocking 2:30:46, ten minutes ahead of the rest of the women's field, and nearly three minutes faster than her previous personal best and national record. Her time qualified her for the 2012 Summer Olympics
, making her the first Croatian marathon runner ever to qualify for the Olympic Games
.
On August 27, 2011 Stublić competed in the marathon at the 2011 World Championships in Athletics
in Daegu
, Korea. It was her first major championships and only the third marathon race of her career. She placed 27th with the time of 2:36:41, significantly slower than her personal best set earlier in the year, but still within her pre-race expectations.
Croatia
Croatia , officially the Republic of Croatia , is a unitary democratic parliamentary republic in Europe at the crossroads of the Mitteleuropa, the Balkans, and the Mediterranean. Its capital and largest city is Zagreb. The country is divided into 20 counties and the city of Zagreb. Croatia covers ...
n long-distance runner
Long-distance track event
Long-distance track event races require runners to balance their energy. These types of races are predominantly aerobic in nature and at the highest level, exceptional levels of aerobic endurance is required more than anything else...
. Born and raised in the United States, where she competed for the Columbia University
Columbia University
Columbia University in the City of New York is a private, Ivy League university in Manhattan, New York City. Columbia is the oldest institution of higher learning in the state of New York, the fifth oldest in the United States, and one of the country's nine Colonial Colleges founded before the...
, Stublić moved to Croatia, her father's homeland, and established herself as a leading long-distance athlete in the country, having set the Croatian records
Croatian records in athletics
The following are the national records in athletics in Croatia maintained by the national athletics federation of Croatia, Croatian Athletics Federation ....
in 3000 meters steeplechase, 5000 meters, half marathon
Half marathon
A half marathon is a road running event of . It is half the distance of a marathon and usually run on roads. Participation in half marathons has grown steadily recently. One of the main reasons for this is that it is a challenging distance, but does not require the same level of training that a...
, and marathon
Marathon
The marathon is a long-distance running event with an official distance of 42.195 kilometres , that is usually run as a road race...
. She is the first Croatian marathon runner ever to qualify for the Olympic Games
Summer Olympic Games
The Summer Olympic Games or the Games of the Olympiad are an international multi-sport event, occurring every four years, organized by the International Olympic Committee. Medals are awarded in each event, with gold medals for first place, silver for second and bronze for third, a tradition that...
.
Stublić was born in Waterbury
Waterbury, Connecticut
Waterbury is a city in New Haven County, Connecticut, on the Naugatuck River, 33 miles southwest of Hartford and 77 miles northeast of New York City...
, Connecticut
Connecticut
Connecticut is a state in the New England region of the northeastern United States. It is bordered by Rhode Island to the east, Massachusetts to the north, and the state of New York to the west and the south .Connecticut is named for the Connecticut River, the major U.S. river that approximately...
to father born in Sisak
Sisak
Sisak is a city in central Croatia. The city's population in 2011 was 33,049, with a total of 49,699 in the administrative region and it is also the administrative centre of the Sisak-Moslavina county...
, Croatia
Croatia
Croatia , officially the Republic of Croatia , is a unitary democratic parliamentary republic in Europe at the crossroads of the Mitteleuropa, the Balkans, and the Mediterranean. Its capital and largest city is Zagreb. The country is divided into 20 counties and the city of Zagreb. Croatia covers ...
, who later emigrated at age of 18, and subsequently moved to Connecticut and Italian American
Italian American
An Italian American , is an American of Italian ancestry. The designation may also refer to someone possessing Italian and American dual citizenship...
mother. In high school, she had to pick a sport and after ruling out team sports and quitting swimming on her first training session – running was the last option left. With virtually no training, she became one of the top 10,000 m runners in her high school and qualified for the state championship. She chose athletic scholarship
Athletic scholarship
An athletic scholarship is a form of scholarship to attend a college or university awarded to an individual based predominantly on his or her ability to play in a sport...
offered by the Columbia University
Columbia University
Columbia University in the City of New York is a private, Ivy League university in Manhattan, New York City. Columbia is the oldest institution of higher learning in the state of New York, the fifth oldest in the United States, and one of the country's nine Colonial Colleges founded before the...
and moved to New York in 2002 to study music theory
Music theory
Music theory is the study of how music works. It examines the language and notation of music. It seeks to identify patterns and structures in composers' techniques across or within genres, styles, or historical periods...
. In the third and fourth year of college, she switched from 5000 meters to 10,000 meters and steeplechase and became a member of the cross country team that won championship titles in each of the four years she competed. Stublić qualified for the NCAA
National Collegiate Athletic Association
The National Collegiate Athletic Association is a semi-voluntary association of 1,281 institutions, conferences, organizations and individuals that organizes the athletic programs of many colleges and universities in the United States...
Nationals four times and earned the All-America
All-America
An All-America team is an honorary sports team composed of outstanding amateur players—those considered the best players of a specific season for each team position—who in turn are given the honorific "All-America" and typically referred to as "All-American athletes", or simply...
n honors once. After graduating, she lived in New York, working two jobs and training in a local athletic club. In 2008 she moved to Croatia to learn Croatian after becoming dissatisfied by her financial situation and the fact she could still not find a job as a professor of music.
In Croatia, Stublić moved to Zagreb and met Slavko Petrović, Croatian record holder over 10,000 meters, who was beginning to coach at the AC Zagreb Ulix. She joined AC Zagreb Ulix where Petrović, now her coach, noticed that her build and running efficiency made her naturally suited to competing over longer distances. In December 2008, after only three and a half months of work with her new coach, she set a national record in half marathon
Half marathon
A half marathon is a road running event of . It is half the distance of a marathon and usually run on roads. Participation in half marathons has grown steadily recently. One of the main reasons for this is that it is a challenging distance, but does not require the same level of training that a...
. Already the top Croatian female distance runner by the end of 2008, having set the season's best marks in 3000 meters, 3000 meters steeplechase, 5000 meters, 10,000 meters and half marathon, Stublić agreed with her coach to focus on the track events in 2009, but to prepare for the marathon in the autumn of 2009, with the goal of qualifying for the 2012 Summer Olympics
Athletics at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Qualification
For the athletics competitions at the 2012 Summer Olympics the following qualification systems were in place. The list has been updated to November 2, 2011...
. The 2009 season was successful, as she topped the national year rankings in the same five events again, setting national records over 3000 meters steeplechase and 5000 meters in the process. Stublić made her marathon debut at the 2010 Berlin Marathon
2010 Berlin Marathon
The 37th Berlin Marathon took place on Sunday 26 September 2010 on the streets of Berlin, Germany. The competition was sponsored by German retailer real,- and it was the third World Marathon Major of the year, as well as being an IAAF Gold Label Road Race...
finishing ninth and well within the Olympic A standard. The result was the fastest marathon run by any Croatian athlete in 2010, including men. Stublić won the Linz Marathon, her second marathon race, clocking 2:30:46, ten minutes ahead of the rest of the women's field, improving the national record by almost three minutes. On August 27, 2011 she competed in the marathon at the 2011 World Championships in Athletics
2011 World Championships in Athletics – Women's Marathon
The Women's marathon at the 2011 World Championships in Athletics was held starting and finishing at Gukchae - bosang Memorial Park on August 27. A total of 54 runners began the race and twenty three nations were represented....
in Daegu
Daegu
Daegu , also known as Taegu, and officially the Daegu Metropolitan City, is a city in South Korea, the fourth largest after Seoul, Busan, and Incheon, and the third largest metropolitan area in the country with over 2.5 million residents. The city is the capital and principal city of the...
, Korea—her first major championships and only the third marathon of her career. She placed 27th with the time of 2:36:41, slower than her personal best set earlier in the year, but still within her pre-race expectations.
Early life in the United States
Stublić was born on May 18, 1984 in WaterburyWaterbury, Connecticut
Waterbury is a city in New Haven County, Connecticut, on the Naugatuck River, 33 miles southwest of Hartford and 77 miles northeast of New York City...
, Connecticut
Connecticut
Connecticut is a state in the New England region of the northeastern United States. It is bordered by Rhode Island to the east, Massachusetts to the north, and the state of New York to the west and the south .Connecticut is named for the Connecticut River, the major U.S. river that approximately...
. Her father was born in Sisak
Sisak
Sisak is a city in central Croatia. The city's population in 2011 was 33,049, with a total of 49,699 in the administrative region and it is also the administrative centre of the Sisak-Moslavina county...
, Croatia
Croatia
Croatia , officially the Republic of Croatia , is a unitary democratic parliamentary republic in Europe at the crossroads of the Mitteleuropa, the Balkans, and the Mediterranean. Its capital and largest city is Zagreb. The country is divided into 20 counties and the city of Zagreb. Croatia covers ...
, but emigrated to Germany at age 18, then moved to California
California
California is a state located on the West Coast of the United States. It is by far the most populous U.S. state, and the third-largest by land area...
and finally to Connecticut. Her mother is an American of Italian descent.
As a teenager, Stublić was not interested in running. In high school, Stublić had to pick a sport, but she disliked team sports, and – after she quit swimming on her first training session – running was the last option left. In her first race run on a 4 kilometres (2.5 mi) course, Stublić won two minutes ahead of the rest of the field. With virtually no training, she became one of the top 10,000 m runners in her high school and qualified for the state championship. Among several college athletic scholarship
Athletic scholarship
An athletic scholarship is a form of scholarship to attend a college or university awarded to an individual based predominantly on his or her ability to play in a sport...
offers, she chose Columbia University
Columbia University
Columbia University in the City of New York is a private, Ivy League university in Manhattan, New York City. Columbia is the oldest institution of higher learning in the state of New York, the fifth oldest in the United States, and one of the country's nine Colonial Colleges founded before the...
and moved to New York in 2002 to study music theory
Music theory
Music theory is the study of how music works. It examines the language and notation of music. It seeks to identify patterns and structures in composers' techniques across or within genres, styles, or historical periods...
.
At the Columbia University, Stublić started training in earnest for the first time, and improved her 5000-meter results by two minutes in the first two years. In the third and fourth year of college, she switched from 5000 meters to 10,000 meters and steeplechase. She was a member of the women's cross country team that won championship titles in each of the four years she competed. Stublić qualified for the NCAA
National Collegiate Athletic Association
The National Collegiate Athletic Association is a semi-voluntary association of 1,281 institutions, conferences, organizations and individuals that organizes the athletic programs of many colleges and universities in the United States...
Nationals in cross country four times and earned the All-America
All-America
An All-America team is an honorary sports team composed of outstanding amateur players—those considered the best players of a specific season for each team position—who in turn are given the honorific "All-America" and typically referred to as "All-American athletes", or simply...
n honors once, in her senior year, placing 10th in the nation. Despite her athletic achievements, at that time Stublić's primary interest was art – music, poetry and drawing – and she still saw running as little more than a hobby.
After graduating, Stublić lived in New York, working two jobs and training in a local athletic club. By late 2007, though, she was growing dissatisfied by her financial situation and the fact she could still not find a job as a professor of music. Feeling what she described as a "quarter-life crisis
Quarter-life crisis
The quarterlife crisis is a period of life following the major changes of adolescence, usually ranging from the late teens to the early thirties, in which a person begins to feel doubtful about their own lives, brought on by the stress of becoming an adult...
", she decided to move to Croatia for a couple of years and to learn Croatian.
Athletic career in Croatia
Stublić arrived in Croatia in January 2008, staying at first in SisakSisak
Sisak is a city in central Croatia. The city's population in 2011 was 33,049, with a total of 49,699 in the administrative region and it is also the administrative centre of the Sisak-Moslavina county...
, then moving to Zagreb in order to train at the Dinamo-Zrinjevac athletic club. During summer training with the club on Rogla
Rogla
Rogla is a mountain, a settlement and resort in Zreško Pohorje in the Zreče municipality in northeastern Slovenia. The area was traditionally part of Lower Styria. It is now included into the Savinja statistical region....
, she met Slavko Petrović, Croatian record holder over 10,000 meters, who was winding down his athletic career and beginning his work as a coach at the AC Zagreb Ulix. She liked his methods and – dissatisfied with her status with Dinamo-Zrinjevac – decided to move to Zagreb Ulix and take Petrović as her coach.
Petrović quickly noticed that Stublić's slight build and running efficiency made her naturally suited to competing over longer distances, rather than middle-distance events she had focused on. In particular, Stublić had already started to develop back problems, caused by the strain of running 3000 meters steeplechase, her favorite event. At first, she was very reserved towards Petrović's suggestion to try the marathon
Marathon
The marathon is a long-distance running event with an official distance of 42.195 kilometres , that is usually run as a road race...
. Still, in December 2008, after only three and a half months of work with her new coach, she set a national record in half marathon
Half marathon
A half marathon is a road running event of . It is half the distance of a marathon and usually run on roads. Participation in half marathons has grown steadily recently. One of the main reasons for this is that it is a challenging distance, but does not require the same level of training that a...
. She was finally convinced only when she tried to run for three straight hours in a training session, and found that it was not as difficult or tedious as she expected. Already the top Croatian female distance runner by the end of 2008, having set the season's best marks in 3000 meters, 3000 meters steeplechase, 5000 meters, 10,000 meters and half marathon, Stublić made an agreement with her coach to maintain the focus on the track events in 2009, but to start preparing for the marathon in the autumn of 2009, with the goal of qualifying for the 2012 Summer Olympics
Athletics at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Qualification
For the athletics competitions at the 2012 Summer Olympics the following qualification systems were in place. The list has been updated to November 2, 2011...
in London
London
London is the capital city of :England and the :United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. Located on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its...
. The 2009 season was successful for Stublić, as she topped the national year rankings in the same five events again, setting national records over 3000 meters steeplechase and 5000 meters in the process.
After a year of preparation, Stublić made her marathon debut at the 2010 Berlin Marathon
2010 Berlin Marathon
The 37th Berlin Marathon took place on Sunday 26 September 2010 on the streets of Berlin, Germany. The competition was sponsored by German retailer real,- and it was the third World Marathon Major of the year, as well as being an IAAF Gold Label Road Race...
. She placed ninth with the time of 2:33:42, well within the Olympic A standard of 2:37. Her fast time came as a surprise to many people, including Stublić herself. Her Berlin marathon not only beat the 21-year-old Croatian record by nearly six minutes, but was also the fastest marathon run by any Croatian athlete in 2010, including men.
On April 10, 2011, less than a month after placing fourth at the City-Pier-City Loop half marathon in The Hague
The Hague
The Hague is the capital city of the province of South Holland in the Netherlands. With a population of 500,000 inhabitants , it is the third largest city of the Netherlands, after Amsterdam and Rotterdam...
with a new national record, Stublić competed at the Linz Marathon. She won her second marathon race, clocking 2:30:46, ten minutes ahead of the rest of the women's field, and nearly three minutes faster than her previous personal best and national record. Her time qualified her for the 2012 Summer Olympics
2012 Summer Olympics
The 2012 Summer Olympic Games, officially known as the "London 2012 Olympic Games", are scheduled to take place in London, England, United Kingdom from 27 July to 12 August 2012...
, making her the first Croatian marathon runner ever to qualify for the Olympic Games
Summer Olympic Games
The Summer Olympic Games or the Games of the Olympiad are an international multi-sport event, occurring every four years, organized by the International Olympic Committee. Medals are awarded in each event, with gold medals for first place, silver for second and bronze for third, a tradition that...
.
On August 27, 2011 Stublić competed in the marathon at the 2011 World Championships in Athletics
2011 World Championships in Athletics – Women's Marathon
The Women's marathon at the 2011 World Championships in Athletics was held starting and finishing at Gukchae - bosang Memorial Park on August 27. A total of 54 runners began the race and twenty three nations were represented....
in Daegu
Daegu
Daegu , also known as Taegu, and officially the Daegu Metropolitan City, is a city in South Korea, the fourth largest after Seoul, Busan, and Incheon, and the third largest metropolitan area in the country with over 2.5 million residents. The city is the capital and principal city of the...
, Korea. It was her first major championships and only the third marathon race of her career. She placed 27th with the time of 2:36:41, significantly slower than her personal best set earlier in the year, but still within her pre-race expectations.
Personal bests
| Surface | Event | Time (h Hour The hour is a unit of measurement of time. In modern usage, an hour comprises 60 minutes, or 3,600 seconds... :m Minute A minute is a unit of measurement of time or of angle. The minute is a unit of time equal to 1/60th of an hour or 60 seconds. In the UTC time scale, a minute on rare occasions has 59 or 61 seconds; see leap second. The minute is not an SI unit; however, it is accepted for use with SI units... :s Second The second is a unit of measurement of time, and is the International System of Units base unit of time. It may be measured using a clock.... ) |
Venue | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Track | 3000 m | 9:38.69 | Providence Providence, Rhode Island Providence is the capital and most populous city of Rhode Island and was one of the first cities established in the United States. Located in Providence County, it is the third largest city in the New England region... , Rhode Island |
May 2004 |
| 3000 m st Steeplechase (athletics) The steeplechase is an obstacle race in athletics, which derives its name from the steeplechase in horse racing.-Rules:The length of the race is usually 3000 m; junior events are 2000 m, as women's events formerly were. The circuit has four ordinary barriers and one water jump. Over 3000 m, each... |
10:09.56 NR | Ljubljana Ljubljana Ljubljana is the capital of Slovenia and its largest city. It is the centre of the City Municipality of Ljubljana. It is located in the centre of the country in the Ljubljana Basin, and is a mid-sized city of some 270,000 inhabitants... , Slovenia |
June 1, 2009 | |
| 5000 m | 16:08.33 NR | Zagreb, Croatia | July 30, 2011 | |
| 10,000 m | 34:36.75 | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | May 2007 | |
| Road | 10 km | 33:56 | Brčko Brcko Brčko can refer to the following related geographical locations in Bosnia and Herzegovina:* Brčko District* Brčko... , Bosnia and Herzegovina |
July 2009 |
| Half marathon Half marathon A half marathon is a road running event of . It is half the distance of a marathon and usually run on roads. Participation in half marathons has grown steadily recently. One of the main reasons for this is that it is a challenging distance, but does not require the same level of training that a... |
1:14:15 NR | The Hague The Hague The Hague is the capital city of the province of South Holland in the Netherlands. With a population of 500,000 inhabitants , it is the third largest city of the Netherlands, after Amsterdam and Rotterdam... , Netherlands |
March 13, 2011 | |
| Marathon Marathon The marathon is a long-distance running event with an official distance of 42.195 kilometres , that is usually run as a road race... |
2:30:45 NR | Linz Linz Linz is the third-largest city of Austria and capital of the state of Upper Austria . It is located in the north centre of Austria, approximately south of the Czech border, on both sides of the river Danube. The population of the city is , and that of the Greater Linz conurbation is about... , Austria |
April 10, 2011 |