Greetings Gfreidi!! - European Championships Munich 2022 announce Mascot and Premium-Partner BMW

The first eager top-class performers have already found their way to Olympiapark ahead of the European Championships Munich 2022. We are delighted to announce our official mascot «Gfreidi,» a genuine Munich squirrel with a traditional Bavarian hat and shorts.

With multifaceted characteristics, this unique Bavarian ideally embodies the wide-ranging multi-sport event and already benefits from BMW as a new premium partner on debut. Almost four months before European Championships Munich 2022 from 11-21 August, the first winner has already been decided with Stephanie P.

inspiring the expert jury with her squirrel drawing in our popular mascot competition. Last Spring, kids aged from 3-13 gave free rein to their creativity, making and drawing what they considered the ideal mascot in a special competition.

Ad/> Following more than 600 imaginative entries, the seven-strong jury of Maral Bazargani (logo! Reporter), Christina Hering (Class of 22 athlete), Lotta (logo! kids reporter), Prof. Ben Santo (Dean of the Faculty of Design, Munich University of Applied Sciences), Marion Schöne (Organiser & Managing Director Olympiapark München GmbH), Elena Schwaiger (designer of «Waldi», 1972 Olympic Games mascot) and Florian Weber (Creative Director & Head of Event Presentation European Championships Munich 2022) were left totally spoilt for choice.

Ultimately, after three elimination rounds, the decision proved unanimous in favour of the squirrel complete with traditional hat and shorts, making the eight-year-old from Nuremberg the happy winner. AthleticsKerr takes on Tefera and rare European race23/03/2022 AT 17:21 From a sketch into Olympiapark: Gfreidi's first day The warm rays of sunshine roused the red native squirrel from