| Vučko | |
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| Mascot of the 1984 Winter Olympics ( Sarajevo) | |
| Creator | Jože Trobec |
| Significance | A wolf |
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] Through his smiling, frightened or serious facial expressions, Vučko gave the wolf a friendly appearance, helping to transform the often fierce image which the animal previously enjoyed. [2] [3]
The mascot was chosen through a contest entered by 836 participants. After an initial selection, six projects were chosen. The other proposals were a snowball, a mountain goat, a weasel, a lamb and a hedgehog. [3] Readers of various newspapers and magazines could later vote for the final mascot. [2] In the final poll, Vučko received more votes than all the other candidate mascots combined. [3]
Notes
- ^ "Factbox - Mascots at Winter Olympics through the years". Reuters. 2018-01-12. Retrieved 2023-11-18.
- ^ a b Olympic Winter Games Mascots from Innsbruck 1976 to Sochi 2014 Olympic.org
- ^ a b c "Sjećanje na "Vučka", najsimpatičniju maskotu Olimpijskih igara | Novo vrijeme". 2014-02-22. Archived from the original on 2014-02-22. Retrieved 2023-11-18.
