Musher biography
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Musher biography
John Baker (musher)
American dog musher, pilot, and motivational speaker
John Quniaq Baker (born 1962 or 1963 in Kotzebue, Alaska) is a self-employed Americandog musher, pilot and motivational speaker of Inupiaq descent who once consistently placed in the top 10 during the long distance Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race.
Baker won the 2011 Iditarod with a finish time of 8 Days 19 Hours 46 Minutes 39 Seconds.
Mushing career
Baker started mushing at age 14. He raced in his first Iditarod in 1996, placing 22nd.
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By his third race he placed in the top 10, and he sustained that position for six of the next seven years (from the 1998 to the 2005 Iditarods), only dropping to 22nd once again in 2000 due to dog trouble.[1] His second best finish was in 2002, when he crossed the finish line in 3rd place in 9 days, 5 hours, 46 minutes, and 30 seconds.
In 1998, he won both the Dorothy G. Page Halfway Award and the Regal Alaskan's First Musher to the Yukon Award. He competed in ev