Rick Swenson, sometimes known as Rick Swenson, sometimes known as the "King of the Iditarod", (born in Willmar, Minnesota), is an American dog musher who was first to win the 1,mile ( km) Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race across the U.S. state of Alaska five times, a record he held for 30 years, until Dallas Seavey matched it by winning the Iditarod. Swenson won.
Rick Swenson, sometimes known as Rick Swenson, sometimes known as the "King of the Iditarod",, is an American dog musher who has won the 1,mile Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race across the United States. state of Alaska more times than any other competitor. Swenson competed in the Iditarod for the first time in , placing 12th.
Rick Swenson, 61, was born Rick Swenson, 61, was born in Minnesota. He moved to Alaska in to mush dogs. He is the only five-time winner of the Iditarod. He belongs to Mush with P.R.I.D.E., the Iditarod where he serves on the Board of Directors, and the Alaska Miners. Rick is the father of three, Kristen, Andy and Kevin.
Swenson was the first Rick Swenson, born in in Willmar, Minnesota, is an American dog musher renowned as the "King of the Iditarod," with the nickname of "The Master" inside the mushing community. Swenson achieved distinction as the first musher to secure victory five times in the 1,mile ( km) Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race across Alaska.
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Swenson was the first repeat winner of the world’s most famous long-distance mushing event, the first to win three times and the first to win four times. In , the Minnesota-born racer finished in second place, by a single second, in the closest Iditarod finish in history. 
Swenson has won the race Rick Swenson, sometimes known as the "King of the Iditarod", (born in Willmar, Minnesota), is an American dog musher who has won the 1,mile ( km) Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race across the U.S. state of Alaska more times than any other competitor.
He was born in Rick Swenson, sometimes known as the "King of the Iditarod", (born in Willmar, Minnesota), is an American dog musher who was first to win the 1,mile ( km) Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race across the U.S. state of Alaska five times, a record he held for 30 years, until Dallas Seavey matched it by winning the Iditarod. Swenson won.