List of Olympic mascots
Olympic mascots

List of Olympic mascots

Section Title: Olympic mascots
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Games	City	Mascot	Character	Designer	Significance	Photograph

1968 Winter Olympics	Grenoble	Schuss	Stylized skier	Mme Lafargue	(unofficial)

1972 Summer Olympics	Munich	Waldi	Dachshund dog	Otl Aicher	A popular breed in Bavaria, it represented the attributes required for athletes – resistance, tenacity and agility.

1976 Winter Olympics	Innsbruck	Schneemann	Snowman	Walter Pötsch	It represents the Games of Simplicity.

1976 Summer Olympics	Montreal	Amik	Beaver	Yvon Laroche, Pierre-Yves Pelletier, Guy St-Arnaud and George Huel	One of the national symbols of Canada.

1980 Winter Olympics	Lake Placid	Roni	Raccoon	Donald Moss	Its face design resembles the hat and goggles used by competitors. Named for the Adirondack mountain range.

1980 Summer Olympics	Moscow	Misha	Bear cub	Victor Chizhikov	The bear was the national symbol of the Soviet Union.	-

1984 Winter Olympics	Sarajevo	Vučko	Little wolf	Joze 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.

1984 Summer Olympics	Los Angeles	Sam	Bald eagle	Robert Moore (from The Walt Disney Company)	The symbol of the United States.

1988 Winter Olympics	Calgary	Hidy and Howdy	Two polar bears	Sheila Scott	Both represent Western Canadian hospitality.

1988 Summer Olympics	Seoul	Hodori	Tiger cub	Hyun Kim	Common in Korean legends.	-

1992 Winter Olympics	Albertville	Magique	Man-star/snow imp	Philippe Mairesse

1992 Summer Olympics	Barcelona	Cobi	A Catalan sheepdog	Javier Mariscal	Drawn in avant-garde, cubist style

1994 Winter Olympics	Lillehammer	Håkon and Kristin	Two Norwegian children	Both are dressed in Viking clothes. First mascots to be human figures.

1996 Summer Olympics	Atlanta	Izzy	An abstract figure (an alien)	John Ryan	The first computer-generated mascot.

1998 Winter Olympics	Nagano	The Snowlets: Sukki, Nokki, Lekki and Tsukki	Four owls	Representing the four major islands of Japan. The first syllable of each name combines phonetically to create the word "Snowlets".

2000 Summer Olympics	Sydney	Olly (from "Olympic")	Kookaburra	Jozef Szekeres, Matthew Hatton	Representing the Olympic spirit of generosity.

Syd (from "Sydney")	Platypus	Representing the environment and energy of the people of Australia.

Millie (from "Millennium")	Echidna	Representing the Millennium. All three mascots are common wild animals found in Australia.

2002 Winter Olympics	Salt Lake City	Powder (a.k.a. Swifter)	Snowshoe hare	Steve Small, Landor Associates and Publicis	All three mascots are indigenous animals of the U.S. state of Utah, and are named after natural resources important to the state's economy.	-

Copper (a.k.a. Higher)	Coyote

Coal (a.k.a. Stronger)	American black bear

2004 Summer Olympics	Athens	Athena and Phevos	Brother and sister	Spyros Gogos	Two modern children resembling ancient Greek dolls.

2006 Winter Olympics	Turin	Neve and Gliz	A humanized snowball and ice cube	Pedro Albuquerque	"Snow and Ice". Neve ("Snow" in Italian) is a humanized female snowball that wears red and represents "softness, friendship and elegance." Gliz (a shortened form of Ghiaccio, "Ice" in Italian) is a humanized male ice cube who wears blue and represents "enthusiasm and joy."	-

2008 Summer Olympics	Beijing	The Fuwa: Beibei, Jingjing, Huanhuan, Yingying, Nini	Fish, giant panda, Olympic Flame, Tibetan antelope, swallow	Han Meilin	The five names form the Chinese phrase "Beijing huan ying ni" (北京欢迎你), which means "Beijing welcomes you". Each representing an Olympic ring and Feng Shui element.	-

2010 Winter Olympics	Vancouver	Miga	Mythical sea bear	Meomi Design (a group of Vicki Wong and Michael Murphy)	Part orca and part kermode bear	-

Quatchi	A sasquatch	From Canadian mythology	-

Mukmuk	A Vancouver Island marmot	Not an official mascot, but their designated "sidekick".

2012 Summer Olympics	London	Wenlock	Drops of steel with cameras for eyes.	Iris	Named after the village of Much Wenlock in Shropshire – which hosted a precursor to the modern Olympic Games in the 19th century.	-

2014 Winter Olympics	Sochi	Bely Mishka (Polar Bear), Snow Leopard (leopard), Zaika (the dore hare)	Silvia Petrova, Vadim Pak, Oleg Serdechny	First mascots decided by popular vote.	-

2016 Summer Olympics	Rio de Janeiro	Vinicius	An animal representing all Brazilian mammals	Luciana Eguti and Paulo Muppet	Inspired by Brazilian fauna. Named after the poet and bossa nova composer Vinicius de Moraes decided by popular vote.	-

2018 Winter Olympics	Pyeongchang	Soohorang	A white tiger	MASS C&G	A white tiger. The tiger is an animal closely related to Korean mythology, and is a symbol of trust, strength, and protection.	-

2020 Summer Olympics	Tokyo	Miraitowa	A figure with blue chequered patterns from the official emblem	Ryo Taniguchi	A superhero-inspired character that embodies both old tradition and new innovation. The olympic mascot was chosen from several designs submitted by schoolchildren and illustrators throughout Japan.

2022 Winter Olympics	Beijing	Will be unveiled in late 2019	TBA	TBA

2024 Summer Olympics	Paris	Will be unveiled sometimes in early to middle 2021	TBA	TBA

2026 Winter Olympics	Milan-Cortina d'Ampezzo or Stockholm-Åre	Will be unveiled in late 2023	TBA	TBA

2028 Summer Olympics	Los Angeles	Will be unveiled in late 2025	TBA	TBA

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Vinicius is the official mascot of the 2016 Summer Olympics.

final_sentence: Vinicius is the official mascot of the 2016 Summer Olympics.