Izzy Olympic Skateboarding Mascot Sports Soft Pin from the 1996 Centennial Summer Olympic Games held in Atlanta, USA. An AMINCO innovation for the 1996 Atlanta Olympic Games, the Soft-Pinz styles are made from a flexible soft rubber with 2 levels for a pin-on-pin look. Very unique! New. Shipping is worldwide.
1996 Atlanta-The 1996 Games were given a dramatic start when the cauldron was lit by Muhammad Ali. On 27 July during a concert held in the Centennial Olympic Park, a terrorist bomb killed one person and injured a further 110 people, but the Atlanta Games are best remembered for their sporting achievements. A record-setting 79 nations won medals and 53 won gold. Carl Lewis became only the third person to win the same individual event four times and the fourth person to earn a ninth gold medal. Naim Suleymanoglu became the first weightlifter to win a third gold medal. Michael Johnson smashed the 200m world record to complete a 200m and 400m double.
1996 Atlanta Mascot-It was an amorphous abstract fantasy figure. It carried the name "Izzy", derived from "Whatizit?" because no one seemed to know exactly what "Izzy" really was. He changed his appearance several times after the closing ceremony in Barcelona in 1992. Over time he grew a mouth where only lips had existed, he added stars in his eyes, bulked up and gained muscles in his previously spindly legs, and eventually sprouted a nose. Izzy has become the Olympic Mascot most closely identified with an Olympic Edition. The trend in recent Olympics has been multiple mascots.
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