During the 1972 Munich Summer Games, Waldi, a dachshund dog breed designed by graphic artist Elena Winschermann, debuted and is widely recognized as the first official Olympic mascot. The mascot ...

The mascot of the UEFA EURO 2024 in Germany ... for example at the Munich Arena or in the fan zone in the Olympic Park. During the European Championships, Albärt not only visited the Fan Zone ...

Tina, wearing a white winter coat, is the mascot for the 2026 Winter Olympics, while her brother Milo, dressed in a brown summer coat, represents the mascot for the 2026 Paralympics.

The word mascot comes from an opera called La Mascotte that was performed in France in 1880. The lead opera singer was so well-received that jewellers created a bracelet charm of the adored singer ...

His designer had just one night to prepare a plan for submission. The official mascot for the second Winter Olympics was a snowman that wore a Tyrolean hat from the Innsbruck region of Austria. Lake ...

The Games were supposed to celebrate peace - and even became the first to have a mascot ... Olympics they wanted. At a memorial service in 2002, 25 relatives of the victims returned to the Munich ...

More than three decades later, as Athens prepares to host the first Summer Games in a new age of international terrorism, Munich offers a somber reminder of the vulnerability of the Olympic spirit.