Carl Huntington
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Carl Huntington | |
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| Born | December 4, 1947 |
| Died | October 13, 2000 (aged 52) |
| Occupation | Dog musher |
| Known for | Winning the 1974 Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race |
Carl Huntington (December 4, 1947 – October 13, 2000)[1] was an Athabaskan-American[2] dog musher who is best known for winning the 1974 Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race as a rookie, with a time of 20 days, 15 hours, 1 minute, 7 seconds.[3]
In addition to winning the Iditarod, he also won the Open World Championship Race, or the Fur Rendezvous Race in 1973 and 1977,[4] a unique feat because this race was a speed competition, while the Iditarod is a distance competition. In reference to this, musher Libby Riddles said "There's nobody that has quite the record he has."[5]
Huntington died of an apparent suicide on October 13, 2000. He had recently been estranged from his family, and was charged with sexual abuse of a minor.[5]