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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]
The 1984 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XIV Olympic Winter Games (Serbo-Croatian and Slovene: XIV. Zimske olimpijske igre; Cyrillic: XIV Зимске олимпијске игре; Macedonian: XIV Зимски олимписки игри, romanized: XIV Zimski olimpiski igri) and commonly known as Sarajevo '84 (Cyrillic: Сарајево '84; Macedonian: Сараево '84), were a ...
1984 Winter Olympics: Sarajevo: Vučko: Wolf: Jože Trobec: Symbolizing the desire of humans to befriend animals. According to the IOC, it helped change the common perception in the region of wolves as frightening and blood-thirsty. [citation needed] [4] 1984 Summer Olympics: Los Angeles: Sam: Bald eagle: Robert Moore (from The Walt Disney Company)
Pages in category "1984 Winter Olympics" ... Sarajevo; Speed Skater; T. ... Venues of the 1984 Winter Olympics; Vučko (mascot)
Karin Enke, an East German speed skater, was one of three athletes who won four medals at the 1984 Winter Olympics. The 1984 Winter Olympics – officially known by the International Olympic Committee as the XIV Olympic Winter Games – were a winter multi-sport event held between 8 and 19 February 1984 in Sarajevo, Yugoslavia (currently Bosnia ...
The idea to name the club Olimpik came from the fact that city of Sarajevo was the host city to the 1984 Winter Olympics. Olimpik's nickname The Wolves is also linked to the 1984 Winter Olympics by way of the Olympics' mascot Vučko (Wolfie; pronounced in Bosnian: "vooch-ko").
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 Olympic emblem of Sarajevo, the emblem of Yugoslavia, and a Cyrillic legend, meaning: “The Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia” Milled 1983 Proof 42,958 5,116 3,375 Dinar ($29.50 US) Four Speed skater, and the legend, “XIV Zimske Olimpijske Igre Sarajevo ‘84”, meaning: “XIV Olympic Winter Games Sarajevo ‘84”.