2020 Iditarod Musher Profiles

2020 Iditarod mushers

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Photos by Loren Holmes and Bill Roth of the ADN.
(Total number of race starts includes 2020.)

#2 Martin Massicotte - Rookie

Home: St-Tite, Quebec

#3 Tim Pappas

Home: Big Lake

First start: 2016 - Starts: 2 - Finishes: 1 - Best finish: 51 - Winnings: $1,049

#4 Kristy Berington

Home: Knik

First start: 2010 - Starts: 11 - Finishes: 10 - Best finish: 16 - Winnings: $27,337

#5 Ramey Smyth

Home: Willow

First start: 1994 - Starts: 24 - Finishes: 22 - Best finish: 2 - Top10: 11 - Winnings: $555,011

#6 Fabio Berlusconi - Rookie

Home: Lomazzo, Italy

#7 Wade Marrs

Home: Willow

First start: 2009 - Starts: 10 - Finishes: 7 - Best finish: 4 - Top10: 3 - Winnings: $160,406

#8 Linwood Fiedler

Home: Willow

First start: 1989 - Starts: 26 - Finishes: 21 - Best finish: 2 - Top10: 5 - Winnings: $262,118

#9 Peter Kaiser

Home: Bethel

First start: 2010 - Starts: 11 - Finishes: 10 - Best finish: 1 (2019) - Top10: 6 - Winnings: $295,000

#10 Lev Shvarts

Home: Willow

First start: 2014 - Starts: 5 - Finishes: 2 - Best finish: 41 - Winnings: $2,098

#11 Laura Neese

Home: McMillan, Michigan

First start: 2017 - Starts: 2 - Finishes: 1 - Best finish: 42 - Winnings: $1,049

#12 Lance Mackey

Home: Fairbanks

First start: 2001 - Starts: 16 - Finishes: 13 - Best finish: 1 (2007,2008,2009,2010) - Top10: 6 - Winnings: $370,991

#13 Meredith Mapes

Home: Palmer

First start: 2018 - Starts: 2 - Finishes: 1 - Best finish: 49 - Winnings: $1,049

#14 Deke Naaktgeboren - Rookie

Home: Fairbanks

#15 Karin Hendrickson

Home: Wasilla

First start: 2009 - Starts: 9 - Finishes: 6 - Best finish: 36 - Winnings: $6,294

#16 Richie Diehl

Home: Aniak

First start: 2013 - Starts: 8 - Finishes: 7 - Best finish: 6 - Top10: 1 - Winnings: $114,805

#17 Gabe Dunham - Rookie

Home: Willow

#18 Anna Berington

Home: Knik

First start: 2012 - Starts: 9 - Finishes: 8 - Best finish: 17 - Winnings: $23,337

#19 Jason Campeau

Home: Rocky Mountain House, Alberta

First start: 2015 - Starts: 4 - Finishes: 3 - Best finish: 18 - Winnings: $17,598

#20 Travis Beals

Home: Seward

First start: 2013 - Starts: 7 - Finishes: 6 - Best finish: 5 - Top10: 2 - Winnings: $101,378

#21 Nicolas Petit

Home: Girdwood

First start: 2011 - Starts: 10 - Finishes: 7 - Best finish: 2 - Top10: 5 - Winnings: $204,224

#22 Kelly Maixner

Home: Big Lake

First start: 2011 - Starts: 8 - Finishes: 6 - Best finish: 13 - Winnings: $51,885

#23 Aliy Zirkle

Home: Two Rivers

First start: 2001 - Starts: 20 - Finishes: 19 - Best finish: 2 - Top10: 7 - Winnings: $461,442

#24 Jeff Deeter

Home: Fairbanks

First start: 2008 - Starts: 4 - Finishes: 3 - Best finish: 15 - Winnings: $17,691

#25 Aaron Burmeister

Home: Nome/Nenana

First start: 1994 - Starts: 19 - Finishes: 18 - Best finish: 3 - Top10: 5 - Winnings: $332,124

#26 Martin Buser

Home: Big Lake

First start: 1980 - Starts: 37 - Finishes: 36 - Best finish: 1 (1992,1994,1997,2002,) - Top10: 19 - Winnings: $817,815

#27 Mitch Seavey

Home: Seward

First start: 1982 - Starts: 27 - Finishes: 25 - Best finish: 1 (2004,2013,2017) - Top10: 17 - Winnings: $836,534

#28 Robert Redington

Home: Willow

First start: 2016 - Starts: 5 - Finishes: 1 - Best finish: 22 - Winnings: $10,403

#29 Matthew Failor

Home: Willow

First start: 2012 - Starts: 9 - Finishes: 8 - Best finish: 13 - Winnings: $56,951

#30 Tom Knolmayer

Home: Wasilla

First start: 2005 - Starts: 4 - Finishes: 3 - Best finish: 32 - Winnings: $3,464

#31 Jessie Royer

Home: Fairbanks

First start: 2001 - Starts: 18 - Finishes: 17 - Best finish: 3 - Top10: 7 - Winnings: $430,792

#32 Mille Porsild - Rookie

Home: Denmark

#33 Michelle Phillips

Home: Tagish, Yukon Territory

First start: 2010 - Starts: 10 - Finishes: 9 - Best finish: 13 - Winnings: $101,935

#34 Jessie Holmes

Home: Nenana

First start: 2018 - Starts: 3 - Finishes: 2 - Best finish: 7 - Top10: 1 - Winnings: $26,861

#35 Joar Leifseth Ulsom

Home: Mo I Rana, Norway

First start: 2013 - Starts: 8 - Finishes: 7 - Best finish: 1 (2018) - Top10: 7 - Winnings: $296,289

#36 Aaron Peck

Home: Grande Prairie, Alberta

First start: 2000 - Starts: 7 - Finishes: 5 - Best finish: 23 - Winnings: $5,562

#37 Ryan Redington

Home: Skagway

First start: 2001 - Starts: 13 - Finishes: 5 - Best finish: 14 - Winnings: $42,235

#38 Magnus Kaltenborn

Home: Whitehorse, Yukon Territory

First start: 2011 - Starts: 3 - Finishes: 2 - Best finish: 33 - Red Lantern: 2018 - Winnings: $2,098

#39 Tom Frode Johansen - Rookie

Home: Furuflaten, Norway

#40 Thomas Waerner

Home: Torpa, Norway

First start: 2015 - Starts: 2 - Finishes: 1 - Best finish: 17 - Winnings: $16,900

#41 Jessica Klejka

Home: Wasilla

First start: 2019 - Starts: 2 - Finishes: 1 - Best finish: 31 - Winnings: $1,049

#42 John Schandelmeier - Considered a rookie

Home: Paxson

First start: 1993 - Starts: 2 - Finishes: 0

#43 Monica Zappa

Home: Kasilof

First start: 2014 - Starts: 6 - Finishes: 4 - Best finish: 38 - Winnings: $4,196

#44 Brent Sass

Home: Eureka

First start: 2012 - Starts: 5 - Finishes: 3 - Best finish: 13 - Winnings: $40,275

#45 Larry Daugherty

Home: Eagle River

First start: 2016 - Starts: 4 - Finishes: 3 - Best finish: 40 - Winnings: $3,147

#46 Sean Underwood - Rookie

Home: Atlanta, Georgia

#47 Jeremy Keller

Home: Knik

First start: 2007 - Starts: 3 - Finishes: 2 - Best finish: 37 - Winnings: $2,098

#48 Riley Dyche - Rookie

Home: Fairbanks

#49 Alan Eischens

Home: Wasilla

First start: 2015 - Starts: 5 - Finishes: 3 - Best finish: 53 - Winnings: $3,147

#50 Quince Mountain - Rookie

Home: Mountain, Wisconsin

#51 Grayson Bruton - Rookie

Home: Sterling

#52 Damon Ramaker - Rookie

Home: Fountain, Minnesota

#53 Dennis Kananowicz

Home: Tolsona

First start: 2004 - Starts: 2 - Finishes: 1 - Best finish: 29 - Winnings: $2,100

#54 Robert Bundtzen

Home: Anchorage

First start: 1995 - Starts: 17 - Finishes: 14 - Best finish: 27 - Winnings: $14,607

#55 Jim Lanier

Home: Chugiak

First start: 1979 - Starts: 21 - Finishes: 16 - Best finish: 18 - Winnings: $57,847

#56 Nils Hahn

Home: Nome

First start: 2000 - Starts: 5 - Finishes: 4 - Best finish: 22 - Winnings: $10,480

#57 Kaci Murringer - Rookie

Home: Willow

#58 Paige Drobny

Home: Cantwell

First start: 2013 - Starts: 6 - Finishes: 5 - Best finish: 7 - Top10: 1 - Winnings: $40,091