Why They Chioce Dachshund Waldi As The First Mascot Of Olympic Games?
I don’t know why Leo always feels so cool to himself. Maybe he knew he had a great kindred named “Waldi”, Who was the first officially-named Olympic mascot.
Dachshund Waldi appearanted at the 1972 Munich Olympic Games, It’s the first mascot in Olympic history.
When German realized that they need a unique and popular mascot to materialize the Olympic spirit, promote the history and culture of the host country and communicate the Olympic spirit to the general public, especially children and youth. They found a dachshund is the best choice.
Dachshund is very popular in Germany. It has also been viewed as a symbol of Germany in political cartoons.And it he possesses qualities which are indispensable to an athlete: resistance, tenacity and agility. These are important reasons it was chosen to be the mascot of Olympic Games held in Germany.
In order to communicate easily, They gave the mascot name as “Waldi”. Waldi was designed by Otl Aicher and modeled on a real dog, a long-haired Dachshund named Cherie von Birkenhof. Waldi’s head and tail were blue and his colours symbolized the joy of the Olympic festival.
From then on, Olympic mascot becomes an important element of the Olympic Games.
BTW: Which Olympic Mascot you like most?
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An Olympic Mascot seems like a bit of a silly idea to me. Eventually they’ll run out of unique & cool looking animals. But the colors of the Dachshund sure seem to bring something out.
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iWalk reply on August 19th, 2008 11:59 pm:
Yeah, So they use Izzy,which nobody knew what it was as a Olympic Mascot!
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I would give my vote to Lovely Leo to be the new mascot !
Wish I can play with him !
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iWalk reply on August 19th, 2008 10:03 pm:
Leo want say thanks for your praise , JH.
I think he likes to play with you too!
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I think the idea of a mascot is a popular one in almost every sport. Specially team sports.
It was a misfortune though that those Olympic Games were clouded by tragedy.
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Everybody loves Dachshunds because they’re so funny looking but cute and loveable. I know, I have one as a pet !!!
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iWalk reply on August 21st, 2008 12:32 am:
You have so many funny doggie stories. Your dachshund must be a happy pet!
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@C.Prida
Yea, everything seems to need a mascot anymore. All sports have one, so I guess it does make sense the Olympics get one too.
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It’s actually a really nice looking mascot! I like it a lot!
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The dachshund is a very cute mascot.
But I like Jingjing the most, the panda mascot in this year’s Beijing Olympics.
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iWalk reply on August 21st, 2008 12:20 am:
I love panda too.
But I dislike they offer 5 mascots for 2008 Olympic Games.
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I like him! Nice colors.
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