WALT... find out about the Olympic mascots
A mascot is a person or an animal or a thing which is supposed to bring goodluck. Many sporting clubs have a mascot. The word mascot comes from an old French word 'mascotte' which meant witch or wizard. At each Olympics the mascot tells something about the host country.
Did you know?
The first, but unofficial Olympic Mascot, appeared in Grenoble in 1968. He was a little cartoon-like character on skis and was called 'Schuss'.
The first official mascot was 'Waldi' the Dachshund and he appeared in 1972 at the Munich Summer Games. Since then there has been a mascot for every Olympic Games. The only
exception was the Sapporo Winter Games in 1972 which had no mascot.This is 'Cobi', Mascot of the 1992 Barcelona Olympic Games
These are the mascots from the 2000 Sydney Olympic Games
This is 'Roni' the Raccoon who was the official mascot of the 1980 Lake Placid Winter Olympic Games
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