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Vučko (Serbo-Croatian Cyrillic: Вучко) is the Olympic mascot of the 1984 Winter Olympics in Sarajevo.It was created by the Slovenian painter Jože Trobec.The mascot is a wolf, many of which live in the Dinaric Alps, where Sarajevo is located. [1]
Readers of Yugoslav newspapers were asked to choose the mascot for the 1984 Winter Olympics from a list of six finalists. The winner was Vučko, the little wolf, designed by Slovenian designer and illustrator Jože Trobec. The other finalists were a chipmunk, a lamb, a mountain goat, a porcupine, and a snowball. [27]
The Olympic mascots are fictional characters who represent the cultural heritage of the location where the Olympic Games are taking place. They are often an animal native to the area or human figures. One of the first Olympic mascots was created for the 1968 Winter Olympics in Grenoble; a stylized cartoon character on skis named Schuss.
Sam the Olympic Eagle was the mascot of the 1984 Summer Olympics which were held in Los Angeles. He is a bald eagle, the national bird of the host nation, the United States. The United States originally intended to use a bear mascot to represent California, but the Soviet Union had used a bear mascot named Misha at the preceding 1980 Summer ...
Pages in category "1984 Winter Olympics" The following 11 pages are in this category, out of 11 total. ... Venues of the 1984 Winter Olympics; Vučko (mascot)
Lake Placid had a live four-legged mascot, a raccoon called Rocky. Before the Games started he was controversially replaced by a costumed human mascot renamed Roni. [1] Serving as the face of the XIII Olympic Winter Games, Hawaiian-American Kriss Lambert performed as Roni Raccoon attired head-to-toe inside a 2-meter (6'6") raccoon outfit.
France has a rich history when it comes to Olympic mascots. The first, Shuss, was unveiled for the 1968 Winter Games in Grenoble, according to NBC Olympics. Mascots on a mission of inclusivity.
The mascot was a bald eagle named Sam the Olympic Eagle. [17] Highlights. Official poster of the 1984 Summer Olympics. ... (host of the 1984 Winter Olympics), ...