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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 .
Apr 23, 2024 · Susan Butcher (born December 26, 1954, Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.—died August 5, 2006, Seattle, Washington) was an American sled-dog racer and trainer who dominated her sport for more than a decade, winning the challenging Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race in Alaska four times.
Aug 7, 2006 · Susan Butcher, a pioneer for women in sled-dog racing who won the Iditarod race four times and influenced the training and treatment of dogs in the sport, died Saturday at a hospital in...
Aug 5, 2006 · Susan Butcher, sled-dog racer and legend of the Alaskan frontier, was one of the great athletes of her generation. A disciplined and fearless adventurer, she was the first person to win three consecutive Iditarod championships, from 1986 to 1988.
Aug 7, 2006 · Susan Butcher, the musher who won the grueling Iditarod sled dog race four times and helped fuel worldwide interest in Alaska’s annual competition, has died. She was 51.
Aug 6, 2006 · ANCHORAGE, Alaska — Susan Butcher, the four-time Iditarod champion, has died in a Seattle hospital of a recurrence of leukemia after a recent stem-cell transplant, her doctor said. She was 51.
Two-time National Women’s Spirts Foundation’s Professional Athlete of the Year. U.S. Victor Award for Female Athlete of the Year two years in a row. Named as one of the “100 Greatest Female Athletes” by Sports Illustrated. Inducted into the Alaska Sports Hall of Fame in 2007.
Aug 8, 2006 · FOUR-TIME IDITAROD CHAMPION Susan Butcher, who died Saturday at 51 of leukemia, was the Lance Armstrong of dogsledding. For most of a decade she dominated the 1,150-mile race from...
Aug 7, 2006 · Susan Butcher, who won the grueling Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race four times, died over the weekend. She had leukemia and suffered complications after a bone marrow transplant.
Susan Butcher. 1954-American dogsledder. Sled-dog racer Susan Butcher's aversion to civilization and love of dogs drew her from Boston to Alaska when she was twenty years old. The former city girl embraced the Alaskan wilderness, and tested herself against it, as she learned the art of mushing, or driving a sled led by a team of three to twenty ...
