Tuesday, August 12, 2008

Olympic Mascots

Schuss The skiing man- Grenoble 1968 [WINTER]

Schuss - Grenoble 1968
Waldi the Dachshund- Munich 1972

Waldi - Munich 1972

Amik the beaver - Montreal 1976

Amik - Montreal 1976


Schneemann snowman- Innsbruck 1976 [WINTER]
Schneemann - Innsbruck 1976


Misha the Russian Bear- Moscow 1980

Misha - Moscow 1980


Roni the Raccoon- Lake Placid 1980 [WINTER]
Roni - Lake Placid 1980

Sam the Eagle- Los Angeles 1984

Sam - Los Angeles 1984

Vucko the Little Wolf - Sarajevo 1984 [WINTER]

Vucko - Sarajevo 1984


Hidy and Howdy The Polar Bears - Calgary 1988 [WINTER]

Hidy and Howdy - Calgary 1988


Hodori the Tiger- Seoul 1988

Hodori - Seoul 1988


Cobi the surreal dog- Barcelona 1992
Cobi - Barcelona 1992

Magique The Snow Imp- Albertville 1992 [WINTER]

Magique - Albertville 1992


Haakon et Kristin two children from Norwegian folklore - Lillehammer 1994 [WINTER]

Haakon and Kristin - Lillehammer 1994

Izzy derived from "Whatizit?"- Atlanta 1996
Izzy - Atlanta

Sukki, Nokki, Lekki et Tsukki Four Snow Owls- Nagano 1998 [WINTER]

Sukki, Nokki, Lekki and Tsukki - Nagano 1998

Ollie a Kookaburra, Syd a Platypus and Millie an Echidna - Sydney 2000
Ollie, Syd and Millie - Sydney 2000

Powder, Coal and Copper a Snowshoe Hare, a Coyote and a Black Bear- Salt Lake City 2002 [WINTER]
Powder, Coal and Copper - Salt Lake City 2002

Athena goddess of wisdom- Athens 2004
Athena - Athens 2004

Phevos the god of light and music- Athens 2004
Phevos  - Athens 2004

Gliz a lively, playful ice cube- Turin 2006 [WINTER]
Gliz  - Turin 2006

Neve a gentle, kind and elegant snowball- Turin 2006 [WINTER]

Neve - Turin 2006

The five mascots are the Fuwa. They are Beibei, the fish; Jingjing, the panda; Huanhuan, the Olympic flame; Yingying, the Tibetan antelope; and Nini, the swallow-Beijing 2008

Mascots


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