
Biography
Nils Hahn was born in Germany on 3-28-71. 25 years ago, he came to Alaska to run sled dogs and the Iditarod. Today together with his wife Diana he is the Owner/Publisher of the historic Nome Nugget Newspaper as well as Mushing Magazine in Nome, Alaska.
Nils has run the Iditarod four times since 2000. His highest finish was 22nd in 2001. He has also participated in the Kobuk 440, the Kusko 300, and the Nome to Council 200 winning in 2000 and 2003 and finishing second in 2002. has has also run in the Fur Rondy, and Arctic Circle Championships and the Portside 200.
Nils is married to Diana Haecker, who happens to be the Editor of the Nome Nugget. Together they have a 15-year-old daughter, named Lizzy.
Nils is a member of the Nome Kennel Club. His hobbies are dogs, wilderness, running, skiing, climbing, and reading.
2001 Standings
Checkpoint | Time In | Dogs In | Time Out | Dogs Out | Rest Time | Previous | Layover | Status | Distance | ||
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Enroute Time | Speed (mph) | 8hr | 24hr | ||||||||
Anchorage | 3/03 12:23:00 | 10 | |||||||||
Willow | 3/04 13:10:00 | 16 | |||||||||
Yentna Station | 3/04 17:11:00 | 16 | 3/04 17:17:00 | 16 | 0h 6m | 4h 1m | 11.20 | 45 | |||
Skwentna | 3/04 22:32:00 | 16 | 3/04 22:50:00 | 16 | 0h 18m | 5h 15m | 6.48 | 34 | |||
Finger Lake | 3/05 09:38:00 | 16 | 3/05 09:45:00 | 16 | 0h 7m | 10h 48m | 4.17 | 45 | |||
Rainy Pass | 3/05 13:19:00 | 16 | 3/05 19:10:00 | 16 | 5h 51m | 3h 34m | 8.41 | 30 | |||
Rohn | 3/05 23:13:00 | 16 | 3/06 05:28:00 | 16 | 6h 15m | 4h 3m | 11.85 | 48 | |||
Nikolai | 3/06 20:04:00 | 16 | 3/07 01:19:00 | 16 | 5h 15m | 14h 36m | 6.37 | 93 | |||
McGrath | 3/07 07:20:00 | 16 | 3/08 07:31:00 | 15 | 24h 11m | 6h 1m | 7.98 | ![]() |
48 | ||
Takotna | 3/08 09:29:00 | 15 | 3/08 09:37:00 | 14 | 0h 8m | 1h 58m | 11.69 | ![]() |
23 | ||
Ophir | 3/08 12:08:00 | 14 | 3/08 16:47:00 | 14 | 4h 39m | 2h 31m | 15.10 | ![]() |
38 | ||
Iditarod | 3/09 11:49:00 | 14 | 3/09 18:30:00 | 14 | 6h 41m | 19h 2m | 4.73 | ![]() |
90 | ||
Shageluk | 3/10 04:30:00 | 14 | 3/10 12:30:00 | 14 | 8h 0m | 10h 0m | 6.50 | ![]() |
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65 | |
Anvik | 3/10 16:25:00 | 14 | 3/10 16:33:00 | 13 | 0h 8m | 3h 55m | -16.60 | ![]() |
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-65 | |
Grayling | 3/10 20:00:00 | 13 | 3/11 06:38:00 | 13 | 10h 38m | 3h 27m | 31.30 | ![]() |
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108 | |
Eagle Island | 3/11 17:00:00 | 13 | 3/12 04:55:00 | 11 | 11h 55m | 10h 22m | 5.79 | ![]() |
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60 | |
Kaltag | 3/12 17:30:00 | 11 | 3/13 02:00:00 | 11 | 8h 30m | 12h 35m | 5.56 | ![]() |
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70 | |
Unalakleet | 3/13 18:11:00 | 11 | 3/13 22:42:00 | 11 | 4h 31m | 16h 11m | 5.56 | ![]() |
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90 | |
Shaktoolik | 3/14 04:21:00 | 11 | 3/14 10:05:00 | 11 | 5h 44m | 5h 39m | 7.08 | ![]() |
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40 | |
Koyuk | 3/14 18:12:00 | 11 | 3/15 02:18:00 | 9 | 8h 6m | 8h 7m | 7.15 | ![]() |
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58 | |
Elim | 3/15 09:48:00 | 9 | 3/15 14:30:00 | 9 | 4h 42m | 7h 30m | 6.40 | ![]() |
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48 | |
White Mountain | 3/15 21:58:00 | 9 | 3/16 06:16:00 | 8 | 8h 18m | 7h 28m | 6.16 | ![]() |
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46 | |
Safety | 3/16 14:22:00 | 8 | 3/16 14:23:00 | 8 | 0h 1m | 8h 6m | 6.79 | ![]() |
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55 | |
Nome | 3/16 17:37:02 | 8 | 3h 14m | 6.80 | ![]() |
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22 |