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Martin Buser
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Martin Buser

Martin Buser at the restart of the 2008 Iditarod
Born
March 29, 1958Winterthur, Switzerland
Nationality
Naturalized American
Occupation
Sled dog musher
Martin Buser (b. March 29, 1958 in Winterthur, Switzerland) is a champion of sled dog racing.
Martin Buser began mushing at age seventeen in Switzerland. In 1979, Buser moved to Alaska to train and raise sled dogs full time. His training operation, Happy Trails Kennels, is located in Big Lake, Alaska.
He entered his first Iditarod in 1980, and has run every race since 1986, his third Iditarod. In twenty Iditarods, Buser has won the event four times, in 1992, 1994, 1997, and 2002. On sixteen occasions, he has finished among the top ten finishers. He holds the record for fastest finish time in Iditarod history; his team completed the 2002 race in 8 days, 22 hours, 46 minutes, and 2 seconds.
Married to educator Kathy Chapoton, Buser named his sons, Nikolai and Rohn, after Iditarod check points. Upon completion of his fourth Iditarod victory in March 2002, Buser was naturalized as a citizen of the United States under the burled arch in Nome.