List of Paralympic mascots
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See also: List of Olympic mascots
Each Paralympic Games have a mascot, usually an animal native to the area or occasionally human figures representing the cultural heritage. Nowadays, most of the merchandise aimed at young people focuses on the mascots, rather than the Paralympic flag or organization logos.
The unnamed mascots of 1980 Summer Paralympics in Arnhem, The Netherlands are possibly the first Paralympic mascots. But since Komduri in the 1988 Summer Paralympics in Seoul, South Korea, the Paralympic mascots has been associated with its Olympic counterparts. Nowadays, most of the merchandise aimed at young people focuses on the mascots, rather than the Paralympic flag or organization logos.
List of mascots
Paralympics | City | Mascot | Character | Designer | Significance | Picture |
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1980 Summer Paralympics | Arnhem | a pair of squirrels | Necky Oprinsen | Possibly the first Paralympic mascots when those Games were still called the World Disabled Games. | ||
1988 Summer Paralympics | Seoul | the "Komduri" | two Asian black bears. | |||
1992 Winter Paralympics | Tignes-Albertville | Alpy | A mountain on a mono-ski. | Vincent Thiebaut | Represented the summit of the Grande Motte mountain in Tignes. Colors were white green and blue, to represent nature and the lake. | |
1992 Summer Paralympics | Barcelona | Petra | The stylized girl | Javier Mariscal | ||
1994 Winter Paralympics | Lillehammer | Sondre | troll, with an amputation | Tor Lindrupsen | The name was chosen in a competition and derives from the great skiing pioneer Sondre Nordheim. | |
1996 Summer Paralympics | Atlanta | Blaze | a colourful phoenix | Trevor Irvin | The phoenix is the symbol of the city of Atlanta. | |
1998 Winter Paralympics | Nagano | Parabbit | a white rabbit (1 red & 1 green ear)[1] | |||
2000 Summer Paralympics | Sydney | Lizzie | Frill-necked Lizard | Her frill was shaped like the combined islands of Australia and Tasmania | ||
2002 Winter Paralympics | Salt Lake City | Otto | otter | The otter was chosen because it embodies vitality and agility; and some ancient Native American tribes considered the otter to be one of the most powerful of all animals. | ||
2004 Summer Paralympics | Athens | Proteas | colourfully-striped seahorse | |||
2006 Winter Paralympics | Turin | Aster | A humanized snowflake | Pedro Albuquerque | ||
2008 Summer Paralympics | Beijing | Fu Niu LeLe | Multi-coloured cow | Han Meilin | ||
2010 Winter Paralympics | Vancouver | Sumi | A mythical creature | Meomi Design (a group of Vicki Wong and Michael Murphy) | With wings of a Thunderbird, legs of an American Black Bear, and a hat of a Killer whale. Part of Canadian legends. | |
Mukmuk | A Vancouver Island Marmot | Not an official mascot, but the designated "sidekick". | ||||
2012 Summer Paralympics | London | Mandeville[2] | A drop of steel, painted blue by the rainbow | Iris[3] | Named after the birthplace of the Paralympic Games, Stoke Mandeville Hospital in Buckinghamshire. | |
2014 Winter Paralympics | Sochi | Fire Boy & Snow Girl | Ray of Light and Snowflake | TBA | ||
2016 Summer Paralympics | Rio de Janeiro | TBA | TBA | TBA | ||
2018 Winter Paralympics | Pyeongchang | TBA | TBA | TBA | ||
2020 Summer Paralympics | Tokyo | TBA | TBA | TBA | ||
See also
References
- ↑ Olympic and Soccer Logos and Mascots, aldaver.com
- ↑ Farquhar, Gordon (19 May 2010). "BBC Sport - London 2012 unveils Games mascots Wenlock & Mandeville". BBC Online. BBC Online. Retrieved 19 May 2010.
- ↑ http://www.irisnation.com/irisnews/work/london-2012-mascots-launched-to-world/
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