The 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics mascot ice pier has now become a super traffic internet celebrity! So what other mascots have impressed you in previous Winter Olympics? Is the ice pier the cutest mascot in the history of the Winter Olympics? Let's look back one by one and see who can match our ice piers!
1-2022 Beijing Winter Olympics ice piers, snow melting
"Ice" symbolizes purity and strength, which is the characteristic of the Winter Olympic Games. "Dun Dun" means thick, solid and cute, which fits the overall image of the panda, symbolizing the strong and powerful body, tenacious will and inspiring Olympic spirit of the Winter Olympic athletes. Xue Rongrong is the mascot of the Beijing Winter Paralympic Games.
2 - 1968 Winter Olympics in Grenoble skier Shuss
The first mascot in the history of the Winter Olympics, skier Schuss had an impressive big head that, while a bit simple and crude from the current point of view, still made history.
3 - 1976 Winter Olympics in Innsbruck Snowman Schneidmann
The snowman Schneemann is very simple, as if he were the snowman we built in our childhood. Such a mascot easily evokes people's childhood memories, and it symbolizes the purity of the Olympic Games.
4-1980 Lake Placid Winter Olympics at Ronnie
The mascot of this Winter Olympics, Roni, is based on a small raccoon, and the most impressive thing is its super big tail.
5-1984 Sarajevo Winter Olympics Vuko
The Sarajevo Winter Olympic mascot, named Vucko, is a slightly arrogant-looking wolf. This is a common animal in the Sarajevo region, and it is placed on a friendly and enthusiastic meaning, which makes people think that this little wolf milk is fierce.
6-1988 Calgary Winter Olympics Heidi, Howdy
This is the first time in the history of the Winter Olympics that there have been two mascots, named Hidy and Howdy. The two cute polar bears formed the first pair of CP files in the history of the Winter Olympic mascot.
7-1992 Albertville Winter Olympics Maggie
This is the first non-animal prototype mascot in the history of the Winter Olympics, the star-shaped Magique represents dreams and creativity, and the color of the French flag is red, white and blue.
8-1994 Lillehammer Winter Olympics Haakon, Christine
The mascots of this Winter Olympics, Hakon and Kristin, come from Norwegian fairy tales, which is the first time a humanoid mascot has been born at the Winter Olympics.
9-1998 Nagano Winter Olympics Tsuki, Nogi, Ieki, Andeki
For the first time in a single Winter Olympics, there are four different mascots, Sukki, Nokki, Lekki and Tsukki represent fire, wind, earth and water respectively, while the four mascots add up to "Snowlet".
10-2002 Salt Lake City Winter Olympics Byrd, Cooper, Cole
Powder is the Snowshoe Rabbit, Copper is the North American Steppe Wolf, and Coal is the American Black Bear, representing the Faster, Higher and Stronger Olympic Spirit, respectively.
11-2006 Turin Winter Olympics Nevi, Griz
Neve is a snowball and Gliz is an ice cube, which is the most representative symbolic element of the Winter Olympics. Red represents harmony and elegance, and blue represents strength.
12-2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics Mega, Quidage, Sumy
The Mascot of the Vancouver Winter Olympics is inspired by myths and legends, with Miga being a polar bear, Quatchi being a North American savage, and Winter Paralympic mascot Sumi being a thunderbird elf.
13-2014 Sochi Winter Olympics snow leopards, polar bears, rabbits
For the first time in the history of the Winter Olympics, the mascots were chosen by referendum, namely the leopard, the Polar Bear and the Hare.
14-2018 Pyeongchang Winter Olympics Guardian Lang
The White Tiger Guardian (Soohorang) is regarded as a sacred guardian beast, and white is also a symbol of ice and snow sports.