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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.
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]
For more than 50 years, athletes competing in the Games have been cheered on by either a furry, feathered or slimy friend. But not all designs have been winners.
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The mascots that are used for the Summer and Winter Olympic games are fictional characters, typically a human figure or an animal native to the country to which is holding that year's Olympic Games. The mascots are used to entice an audience and bring joy and excitement to the Olympics festivities. Likewise, many World expositions since 1984 ...
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United States Olympic Committee: in Sarajevo; Competitors: 107 (77 men, 30 women) in 6 sports: Flag bearer : Frank Masley (luge) Medals Ranked 3rd: Gold 4 Silver 4 Bronze 0 Total 8: Winter Olympics appearances