Above: | Hodori |
Headerstyle: | background:#dde8ff; |
Labelstyle: | background:#fed; |
Header1: | Mascot of the 1988 Summer Olympics (Seoul) |
Label2: | Creator |
Data2: | Kim Hyun |
Label3: | Species |
Data3: | Amur tiger |
Korean name | |
Tablewidth: | 265 |
Color: | lightgrey |
Hangul: | 호돌이 |
Rr: | Hodori |
Mr: | Hodori |
Hodori was the official mascot of the 1988 Summer Olympic Games in Seoul, South Korea. The stylized tiger was designed by Kim Hyun as an amicable Amur tiger.[1] It was also used in the 1986 Asian Games.[2]
"Ho" (ko|호|label=none) is derived from the Korean word for tiger ("horangi", ko|호랑이|label=none), and "dori" (ko|돌이|label=none) is a diminutive for boys in Korean. The name Hodori was chosen from 2,295 suggestions sent in by the public.
Hodori was also the official mascot of the 1986 Asian Games, the test event of the Olympics.
There was also a female tiger named "Hosuni" (ko|호순이|label=none).