Vučko (
Serbo-Croatian Cyrillic
The Serbian Cyrillic alphabet (, ), also known as the Serbian script, (, ), is a standardized variation of the Cyrillic script used to write the Serbian language. It originated in medieval Serbia and was significantly reformed in the 19th cen ...
: Вучко) is the
Olympic mascot
The Olympic mascots are fictional characters who represent the cultural heritage of the location where the Olympic Games are taking place. They are often an animal native to the area or human figures.
One of the first Olympic mascots was create ...
of the
1984 Winter Olympics in Sarajevo. It was created by the
Slovenia
Slovenia, officially the Republic of Slovenia, is a country in Central Europe. It borders Italy to the west, Austria to the north, Hungary to the northeast, Croatia to the south and southeast, and a short (46.6 km) coastline within the Adriati ...
n painter
Jože Trobec. The mascot is a wolf, many of which live in the
Dinaric Alps
The Dinaric Alps (), also Dinarides, are a mountain range in Southern Europe, Southern and Southcentral Europe, separating the continental Balkan Peninsula from the Adriatic Sea. They stretch from Italy in the northwest through Slovenia, Croatia ...
, where Sarajevo is located.
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.
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.
Readers of various newspapers and magazines could later vote for the final mascot.
[Olympic Winter Games Mascots from Innsbruck 1976 to Sochi 2014]
Olympic.org In the final poll, Vučko received more votes than all the other candidate mascots combined.
References
External links
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1984 Winter Olympics
Fictional wolves
Anthropomorphic wolves
Mascots introduced in 1984
Canine mascots
Olympic mascots
Fictional Bosnian people
Fictional Yugoslav people