Vučko (mascot)

Vučko
Mascot of the 1984 Winter Olympics (Sarajevo)
CreatorJože Trobec
SignificanceA 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

  1. ^ "Factbox - Mascots at Winter Olympics through the years". Reuters. 2018-01-12. Retrieved 2023-11-18.
  2. ^ a b Olympic Winter Games Mascots from Innsbruck 1976 to Sochi 2014 Olympic.org
  3. ^ 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.
Preceded by
Misha
Moscow 1980
 Olympic mascot
Vučko
Sarajevo 1984 		Succeeded by
Sam
Los Angeles 1984