SHUSS: GRENOBLE 1968 (France)
Shuss is the 1st olympic mascot, but was not took as official. It depict a stylized skiing man with France colors (blue, white, red). It was designed by Aline Lafargue.
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SCHNEEMANDL: INNSBRUCK 1976 (Austria)
Schneemandl (snowman in german) was the 1st official winter games mascot.RONI: LAKE PLACID 1980 (USA)
Roni, a raccoon designed by Don Moss, was the substitute of Rocky, a live raccoon unfortunately died before the games.VUCKO: SARAJEVO 1984 (Yugoslavia)
Vucko, the wolf, designed by Joze trebec, was elected by yugoslavian newspaper readers between other finalists as a snowball, a chamois, a squirrel, a lamb, and a porcupine.HIDY, HOWDY: CALGARY 1988 (Canada)
For the 1st time, a mascots pair is coming, it's polar bears, brother (Hidy)and sister (Howdy) designed by Sheila Scott of Great Scott Productions. Their name was chosen in a contest sponsored by the Calgary zoo.