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The Athens 2004 Olympic Organizing Committee claimed that the mascots represented "participation, brotherhood, equality, cooperation, fair play [and] the everlasting Greek value of human scale." For the Paralympic Games, ATHOC subsequently requested Gogos for the creation of a new mascot along the creative lines of Athena and Phevos.
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.
The 2004 Summer Olympic Games cost the Government of Greece near €9 billion to stage. [13] The Athens 2004 Organizing Committee (ATHOC), responsible for the preparation and organisation of the Games, concluded its operations as a company in 2005 with a surplus of €130.6 million. The State's contribution to the total ATHOC budget was 8% of ...
The Athens 2004 Organising Committee for the Olympic Games (Greek: Οργανωτική Επιτροπή Ολυμπιακών Αγώνων Αθήνα 2004), [1] commonly abbreviated to ATHOC, [2] was the organising committee for the 2004 Summer Olympics and Paralympics.
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.
The opening ceremony of the 2004 Summer Olympics was held on August 13, 2004 starting at 20:45 EEST at the Olympic Stadium in Marousi, Greece, a suburb of Athens. [2] As mandated by the Olympic Charter, the proceedings combined the formal and ceremonial opening of this international sporting event, including welcoming speeches, hoisting of the flags and the parade of athletes, with an artistic ...
The mascot of the Paris Olympic Games may not seem all that mighty to those outside the host country, but that little red hat, known as a Phrygian cap (or a liberty cap), is a symbol of the French ...
The mascot of the PyeongChang 2018 Olympic Winter Games, named Soohorang, happens to be Korea's guardian animal, the white tiger.