2019 Iditarod Musher Profiles

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2019 Iditarod mushers

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Cindy Abbott

Home: Willow

First start: 2013 - Starts: 4 - Finishes: 2 - Best finish: 64 - Red Lantern: 2015, 2017 - Winnings: $2,098

Martin Apayauq Reitan - Rookie

Home: Kaktovik

Kristin Bacon

Home: Big Lake

First start: 2016 - Starts: 2 - Finishes: 2 - Best finish: 53 - Winnings: $2,098

Michael Baker

Home: Willow

First start: 2017 - Starts: 1 - Finishes: 1 - Best finish: 58 - Winnings: $1,049

Seth Barnes

Home: Willow

First start: 2015 - Starts: 2 - Finishes: 2 - Best finish: 35 - Winnings: $2,098

Travis Beals

Home: Seward

First start: 2013 - Starts: 5 - Finishes: 5 - Best finish: 9 - Top 10: 1 - Winnings: $68,435

Richie Beattie - Rookie

Home: Two Rivers

Charley Bejna

Home: Addison, Illinois

First start: 2013 - Starts: 6 - Finishes: 4 - Best finish: 34 - Winnings: $4,196

Anna Berington

Home: Knik

First start: 2012 - Starts: 7 - Finishes: 7 - Best finish: 22 - Winnings: $9,994

Kristy Berington

Home: Knik

First start: 2010 - Starts: 9 - Finishes: 9 - Best finish: 29 - Winnings: $12,894

Blair Braverman - Rookie

Home: Mountain, Wisconsin

Brett Bruggeman

Home: Great Falls, Montana

First start: 2018 - Starts: 1 - Finishes: 1 - Best finish: 39 - Winnings: $1,049

Aaron Burmeister

Home: Nome/Nenana

First start: 1994 - Starts: 17 - Finishes: 17 - Best finish: 3 - Top 10: 4 - Winnings: $310,131

Martin Buser

Home: Big Lake

First start: 1980 - Starts: 35 - Finishes: 35 - Best finish: 1 (1992, 1994, 1997, 2002) - Top 10: 19 - Winnings: $816,766

Jason Campeau

Home: Rocky Mountain House, Alberta

First start: 2015 - Starts: 2 - Finishes: 2 - Best finish: 18 - Winnings: $16,549

Jeff Deeter

Home: Fairbanks

First start: 2008 - Starts: 2 - Finishes: 2 - Best finish: 43 - Winnings: $2,098

Richie Diehl

Home: Aniak

First start: 2013 - Starts: 6 - Finishes: 6 - Best finish: 6 - Top 10: 1 - Winnings: $94,212

Sebastien Dos Santos Borges - Rookie

Home: Chazey-Bons, France

Paige Drobny

Home: Fairbanks

First start: 2013 - Starts: 4 - Finishes: 4 - Best finish: 25 - Winnings: $13,598

Matthew Failor

Home: Willow

First start: 2012 - Starts: 7 - Finishes: 7 - Best finish: 13 - Winnings: $44,608

Linwood Fiedler

Home: Willow

First start: 1989 - Starts: 24 - Finishes: 20 - Best finish: 2 - Top 10: 5 - Winnings: $242,825

Marcelle Fressineau

Home: Whitehorse, Yukon Territory

First start: 2014 - Starts: 3 - Finishes: 2 - Best finish: 49 - Red Lantern: 2014 - Winnings: $2,098

Cindy Gallea

Home: Wykoff, Minnesota

First start: 1998 - Starts: 14 - Finishes: 12 - Best finish: 33 - Winnings: $12,588

Matt Hall

Home: Two Rivers

First start: 2018 - Starts: 1 - Finishes: 1 - Best finish: 11 - Winnings: $19,912

Victoria Hardwick - Rookie

Home: Bethel

Jessie Holmes

Home: Nenana

First start: 2018 - Starts: 1 - Finishes: 1 - Best finish: 7 - Top 10: 1 - Winnings: $25,812

Ed Hopkins - Rookie

Home: Carcross, Yukon Territory

Peter Kaiser

Home: Bethel

First start: 2010 - Starts: 9 - Finishes: 9 - Best finish: 5 - Top 10: 5 - Winnings: $243,701

Jeremy Keller

Home: Knik

First start: 2007 - Starts: 1 - Finishes: 1 - Best finish: 54 - Winnings: $1,049

Jeff King

Home: Denali

First start: 1981 - Starts: 28 - Finishes: 26 - Best finish: 1 (1993, 1996, 1998, 2006) - Top 10: 20 - Winnings: $949,796

Jessica Klejka - Rookie

Home: Wasilla

Michi Konno

Home: Willow

First start: 2018 - Starts: 1 - Finishes: 1 - Best finish: 23 - Winnings: $1,049

Joar Leifseth Ulsom

Home: Mo I Rana, Norway

First start: 2013 - Starts: 6 - Finishes: 6 - Best finish: 1 (2018) - Top 10: 6 - Winnings: $253,146

Alison Lifka - Rookie

Home: Willow

Lance Mackey

Home: Fairbanks

First start: 2001 - Starts: 14 - Finishes: 12 - Best finish: 1 (2007, 2008, 2009, 2010) - Top 10: 6 - Winnings: $369,942

Wade Marrs

Home: Willow

First start: 2009 - Starts: 8 - Finishes: 6 - Best finish: 4 - Top 10: 3 - Winnings: $143,613

Emily Maxwell

Home: Iowa City, Iowa

First start: 2018 - Starts: 1 - Finishes: 1 - Best finish: 33 - Winnings: $1,049

Aaron Peck

Home: Grande Prairie, Alberta

First start: 2000 - Starts: 5 - Finishes: 4 - Best finish: 34 - Winnings: $4,513

Nicolas Petit

Home: Girdwood

First start: 2011 - Starts: 8 - Finishes: 7 - Best finish: 2 - Top 10: 5 - Winnings: $204,224

Mats Pettersson

Home: Kiruna, Sweden

First start: 2014 - Starts: 5 - Finishes: 5 - Best finish: 18 - Winnings: $33,198

Anja Radano

Home: Talkeetna

First start: 2018 - Starts: 1 - Finishes: 1 - Best finish: 51 - Winnings: $1,049

Robert Redington

Home: Willow

First start: 2016 - Starts: 3 - Finishes: 1 - Best finish: 22 - Winnings: $10,403

Ryan Redington

Home: Skagway

First start: 2001 - Starts: 11 - Finishes: 5 - Best finish: 14 - Winnings: $42,235

Jessie Royer

Home: Fairbanks

First start: 2001 - Starts: 16 - Finishes: 16 - Best finish: 4 - Top 10: 6 - Winnings: $390,999

Ryan Santiago - Rookie

Home: Sterling

Mitch Seavey

Home: Seward

First start: 1982 - Starts: 25 - Finishes: 24 - Best finish: 1 (2004, 2013, 2017) - Top 10: 16 - Winnings: $813,091

Lev Shvarts

Home: Willow

First start: 2014 - Starts: 3 - Finishes: 2 - Best finish: 41 - Winnings: $2,098

Ramey Smyth

Home: Willow

First start: 1994 - Starts: 22 - Finishes: 21 - Best finish: 2 - Top 10: 10 - Winnings: $530,065

Sarah Stokey

Home: Seward

First start: 2016 - Starts: 1 - Finishes: 1 - Best finish: 66 - Winnings: $1,049

Shaynee Traska

Home: Gladwin, Michigan

First start: 2018 - Starts: 1 - Finishes: 1 - Best finish: 48 - Winnings: $1,049

Niklas Wikstrand - Rookie

Home: Nes I Akershus, Norway

Aliy Zirkle

Home: Two Rivers

First start: 2001 - Starts: 18 - Finishes: 18 - Best finish: 2 - Top 10: 6 - Winnings: $425,599

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