Isaac Okleasik was the musher who won the Iditarod in 1967. That was the first official race.
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Dick Wilmarth won the very first Iditarod in 1973.
Susan Butcher, but she is a she.
The musher who has won the most Iditarod races is Rick Swensen. He won the race five times in 1977, 1979, 1981, 1982, and 1991.
Jeff King was 50 years old when he won the 2006 Iditarod making him the oldest winner. The way the 2013 race is going, it looks like this record will be broken in the next couple days, possibly by Jeff himself.
Lance Mackey
Alaskan native, Lance Mackey won the Iditarod last year.
Rick Swenson won the Iditarod approximately 5 times. The years he won in were 1991, 1982, 1981, 1979, and 1977.
No- in his 10 years of mushing, he has never won.
Lance Mackey won the 2009 Iditarod race.
Lance Mackey won the 2009 Iditarod race.