Peter Kaiser (born 1987) is an
American
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dog musher
Mushing is a sport or transport method powered by dogs. It includes carting, pulka, dog scootering, sled dog racing, skijoring, freighting, and weight pulling. More specifically, it implies the use of one or more dogs to pull a sled, most commo ...
who won the 2019
Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race. Kaiser is the first
Yup’ik
The Yup'ik or Yupiaq (sg & pl) and Yupiit or Yupiat (pl), also Central Alaskan Yup'ik, Central Yup'ik, Alaskan Yup'ik ( own name ''Yup'ik'' sg ''Yupiik'' dual ''Yupiit'' pl; russian: Юпики центральной Аляски), are an I ...
musher and the fifth Alaska Native to win an Iditarod championship. He is from
Bethel, Alaska.
Kaiser graduated from Bethel High School in 2005. He works in construction, and fishes and hunts. He is married and has two children.
Career
Kaiser finished 28th in the 2010 Iditarod, his rookie year in the event, then finished eighth in 2011 and fifth in 2012. He has six top 10 finishes in 10 Iditarods.
Kaiser also won the
Kuskokwim 300
The Kuskokwim 300 is among the more highly regarded mid-distance dogsled races in Alaska, annually attracting some of the top mushers in the sport. The race starts and ends on the Kuskokwim River in Bethel, Alaska, and is run on and adjacent to ...
championship six times.
The Kuskokwim 300, a highly regarded mid-distance race, figured prominently in his decision to become a competitive musher. “Our family has always had dogs, and I’ve been mushing since I was a kid," he said on his Iditarod bio. "Watching the Kuskokwim 300 every January sparked my interest in long distance racing, and a few years ago, I decided that I would give the Iditarod a try."
Career summary
Kaiser and his dog teams have finished fifth or better in 18 sled dog races since 2005. Here's a list of his first-place finishes:
* 2022 Kuskokwim 300
* 2020 Kuskokwim 300
* 2019 Iditarod
* 2018 Kuskokwim 300
* 2017 Kuskokwim 300
* 2016 Kuskokwim 300
* 2016 Denali Doubles
* 2015 Kuskokwim 300
* 2013 Norton Sound 450
* 2012 Norton Sound 450
* 2011 Kobuk 440
* 2008 Bogus Creek 150
* 2005 Akiak Dash 65
References
1987 births
Dog mushers from Alaska
Iditarod champions
Living people
People from Bethel, Alaska
Yupik people
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