Mitch seavey biography dogsledding

American dog musher (born )

Mitch Seavey (born )^[1] is an Americandog musher, who won the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race across the U.S. state of Alaska in , and At age 57, Seavey is the oldest person to win the Iditarod in (surpassing his record in at age 53).

His son, Dallas Seavey, won the , , , and Iditarod; his win made him the youngest winner ever.^[2]

Seavey competed in his first Iditarod in , and has completed every race since In the race, he started in Seward, and completed the entire length of the Iditarod Trail. He won the Iditarod in 9 days, 12 hours, 20 minutes, and 22 seconds.

Mitch Seavey - Faces of Iditarod

He has also won the Copper Basin twice, the Klondike , the Kusko , and the Grand Portage Passage race in the state of Minnesota once. In he won the historic All Alaska Sweepstakes race with a record-breaking time of 64 hours, 29 minutes and 45 seconds.^[3] Seavey was born in Minnesota, and grew up in Seward, Alaska.

He lives in Sterling, Alaska wi