Susan Butcher
Susan Howlet Butcher (December 26, 1954 – August 5, 2006) was an American dog musher, noteworthy as the second woman to win the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race in 1986, the second four-time winner in 1990, and the first to win four out of five sequential years. She is commemorated in Alaska by the Susan Butcher Day.
Susan Butcher | |
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Susan Butcher and dogs in 1997, speaking to tourists aboard a Riverboat Discovery cruise from her kennels near Fairbanks International Airport | |
Born | Cambridge, Massachusetts, U.S. | December 26, 1954
Died | August 5, 2006 51) Seattle, Washington, U.S. | (aged
Nationality | American |
Known for | Sled dog racing |
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