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All Olympic Mascots 1972 - 2018 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 0:05 The Olympic mascots are fictional characters, usually an animal native to the area or human figures, who represent the cultural heritage of the place where the Olympic and Paralympic Games are taking place. The mascots are often used to help market the Olympic Games to a younger audience, in particular toddlers and children. Since the 1968 Winter Olympics in Grenoble, France the Olympic Games have had a mascot. The first major mascot in the Summer Olympic Games was Misha in the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow. Starting with the 2010 Vancouver mascots, the Olympic and Paralympic mascots have been presented together. 1968 Winter Olympics Grenoble Schuss 1972 Summer Olympics Munich Waldi 1976 Winter Olympics Innsbruck Schneemann 1976 Summer Olympics Montréal Amik 1980 Winter Olympics Lake Placid Roni 1980 Summer Olympics Moscow Misha 1984 Winter Olympics Sarajevo Vučko 1984 Summer Olympics Los Angeles Sam 1988 Winter Olympics Calgary Hidy and Howdy 1988 Summer Olympics Seoul Hodori 1992 Winter Olympics Albertville Magique 1992 Summer Olympics Barcelona Cobi 1994 Winter Olympics Lillehammer Håkon and Kristin 1996 Summer Olympics Atlanta Izzy 1998 Winter Olympics Nagano The Snowlets:Sukki, Nokki, Lekki and Tsukki 2000 Summer Olympics Sydney Olly (from "Olympic")Syd(from "Sydney")Milli(from "Millennium") Fatso the Fat-Arsed Wombat (unofficial; an allusion to "The Battlers' Prince") 2002 Winter Olympics Salt Lake City Powder (a.k.a. Swifter)Copper(a.k.a. Higher)Coal(a.k.a. Stronger) 2004 Summer Olympics Athens Athena and Phevos 2006 Winter Olympics Turin Neve and Gliz 2008 Summer Olympics Beijing The Fuwa: Beibei, Jingjing, Huanhuan, Yingying, Nini 2010 Winter Olympics Vancouver Miga Quatchi Mukmuk 2012 Summer Olympics London Wenlock[6] 2014 Winter Olympics Sochi Bely Mishka (Polar Bear), Snow Leopard (leopard), Zaika (the dore hare) 2016 Summer Olympics Rio de Janeiro Vinicius 2018 Winter Olympics Pyeongchang Soohorang 2020 Summer Olympics Tokyo Jeffrey 2022 Winter Olympics Beijing TBA History From https://en.wikipedia.org **************************************** 03:00 The first Olympic mascot was born at the Grenoble Olympic Games in 1968. It was named “Schuss” and it was a little man on skis, designed in an abstract form and painted in the colors of France: blue, red and white.[1] However, the first official Olympic mascot appeared in the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich. It was Waldi, a Dachshund dog, a popular breed in Bavaria and it represented the attributes required for athletes – resistance, tenacity and agility. On it we can see three of the colors of the Olympic flag (blue, yellow, green). The success of those first mascots helped the idea of a mascot become a symbol of the Olympic Games and developed into an institution. Mascots are very popular and despite the importance of the message they convey, they are designed in simple manner with bright, happy colors appropriate for the ‘festive’ atmosphere of the Olympic Games. The mascots for the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens, were Phevos and Athena, two dolls inspired by a bell-shaped archaic sculpture that is on display at the National Archaeological Museum of Athens. In ancient times, these dolls, the ‘daidala’, as they were called, were also items of worship as well as toys. Phevos and Athena are brother and sister and so they symbolize the joy of play and the values of Olympism. The choice of a brother and sister was purposely made to promote the values of equality and brotherhood. ▼ Socials ▼ ► https://goo.gl/PJsl14 Google + ► https://twitter.com/pipschart Twitter ► https://pinterest.com/pipschart/ pinterest ► https://www.tumblr.com/blog/pipschart Tumblr ► https://www.facebook.com/KrTgroup Facebook #Olympic History - ALL MASCOTS [HD] watch video again https://youtu.be/vm3EYf-Vaj8