List of Paralympic mascots

See also: List of Olympic mascots

Each Paralympic Games have a mascot, usually an animal native to the area or occasionally human figures representing the cultural heritage. Nowadays, most of the merchandise aimed at young people focuses on the mascots, rather than the Paralympic flag or organization logos.

The unnamed mascots of 1980 Summer Paralympics in Arnhem, The Netherlands are possibly the first Paralympic mascots. But since Komduri in the 1988 Summer Paralympics in Seoul, South Korea, the Paralympic mascots has been associated with its Olympic counterparts.

List of mascots

Paralympics	City	Mascot	Character	Designer	Significance	Picture
1980 Summer Paralympics	Arnhem		a pair of squirrels	Necky Oprinsen	Possibly the first Paralympic mascots when those Games were still called the World Disabled Games.
1988 Summer Paralympics	Seoul	the "Gomdoori"	two Asian black bears		The Gomdoori, whose name is derived from the Korean word for “teddy bear”, were the Paralympic mascots for Seoul 1988. While bears are commonly associated with wisdom and courage, the pair is depicted with their legs tied together, symbolising the ability to overcome adversity through co-operation and to encourage mankind to work together peacefully and harmoniously.
1992 Winter Paralympics	Tignes-Albertville	Alpy	a mountain on a mono-ski	Vincent Thiebaut	Represented the summit of the Grande Motte mountain in Tignes. Colors were white green and blue, to represent nature and the lake.
1992 Summer Paralympics	Barcelona	Petra	a stylized armless girl	Javier Mariscal
1994 Winter Paralympics	Lillehammer	Sondre	troll, with an amputation	Tor Lindrupsen	The name was chosen in a competition and derives from the great skiing pioneer Sondre Nordheim.
1996 Summer Paralympics	Atlanta	Blaze	a colourful phoenix	Trevor Irvin	The phoenix is the symbol of the city of Atlanta.
1998 Winter Paralympics	Nagano	Parabbit	a white rabbit (1 red & 1 green ear)
2000 Summer Paralympics	Sydney	Lizzie	frill-necked lizard		Her frill was shaped like the combined islands of Australia and Tasmania	214x214px
2002 Winter Paralympics	Salt Lake City	Otto	otter		The otter was chosen because it embodies vitality and agility; and some ancient Native American tribes considered the otter to be one of the most powerful of all animals.
2004 Summer Paralympics	Athens	Proteas	colourfully-striped seahorse	Spyros Gogos
2006 Winter Paralympics	Turin	Aster	humanized snowflake	Pedro Albuquerque		120px
2008 Summer Paralympics	Beijing	Fu Niu LeLe	multi-coloured cow	Han Meilin		120px
2010 Winter Paralympics	Vancouver	Sumi	mythical creature	Meomi Design (a group of Vicki Wong and Michael Murphy)	With wings of a Thunderbird, legs of an American black bear, and a hat of a killer whale in an artistic style of Haida people. Part of Canadian legends.	120px
		Mukmuk	Vancouver Island marmot		Not an official mascot, but the designated "sidekick".
2012 Summer Paralympics	London	Mandeville	drop of steel, painted blue by the rainbow	Iris	Named after the birthplace of the Paralympic Games, Stoke Mandeville Hospital in Buckinghamshire.	120px
2014 Winter Paralympics	Sochi	2014 Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games mascots	ray of light and snowflake	Natalia Balashova and Anna Zhilinsky
2016 Summer Paralympics	Rio de Janeiro	Tom	plant made of all Brazilian plants	Luciana Eguti and Paulo Muppet	Inspired by Brazilian flora. Named after the Brazilian musician Tom Jobim decided by popular vote.
2018 Winter Paralympics	Pyeongchang	TBA	TBA	TBA
2020 Summer Paralympics	Tokyo	TBA	TBA	TBA
2022 Winter Paralympics	Beijing	TBA	TBA	TBA

See also

• Paralympic symbols
• Olympic mascots
• Olympic symbols