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Bjornar Andersen

Bib Number: 47
Hometown: Elverum, NORWAY
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Biography

Bjørnar Andersen, 31, was born in Oslo. He moved to where he is now because of his wife and better training conditions. Bjørnar began mushing in 1991 when he was 13. He has won all the distance races in Norway. He placed fourth in the 2005 Iditarod and is the only rookie to place in the top five since Harry Sutherland placed third in 1976. Bjørnar works as a refrigeration mechanic. He is entering the Iditarod because "I like wildlife together with dogs and competition. I like traveling with my dogs." Bjørnar is married to Lill and they have a one year old son, Marius.

Sponsors

Eukanuba
Intervet
Vertikal
Thermo Control

Sana Bygg
Brukshunden AS
Marius Gulliksen

Awards

Rookie of the Year

2005 Standings

Checkpoint Time In Dogs In Time Out Dogs Out Rest Time Previous Layover Status Distance
Enroute Time Speed (mph) 8hr 24hr
Anchorage 3/05 10:00:00 12 3/05 11:41:00 12 1h 41m
Campbell Airstrip 3/05 12:38:00 12 0h 57m
Willow 3/06 14:00:00 16 3/06 15:30:00 16 1h 30m 59
Yentna 3/06 19:25:00 16 16 3h 55m 11.49 45
Skwentna 3/06 22:24:00 16 16 34
Finger Lake 3/07 09:14:00 16 3/07 09:16:00 16 0h 2m 45
Rainy Pass 3/07 12:46:00 16 3/07 17:14:00 16 4h 28m 3h 30m 8.57 30
Rohn 3/07 22:19:00 16 3/08 06:24:00 16 8h 5m 5h 5m 9.44 48
Nikolai 3/08 15:07:00 16 3/08 21:21:00 15 6h 14m 8h 43m 10.67 93
McGrath 3/09 03:22:00 15 3/09 03:24:00 15 0h 2m 6h 1m 7.98 48
Takotna 3/09 05:43:00 15 3/10 06:49:00 15 25h 6m 2h 19m 9.93 ✔ 23
Ophir 3/10 09:00:00 15 3/10 09:07:00 15 0h 7m 2h 11m 17.40 ✔ 38
Iditarod 3/10 23:05:00 15 3/11 07:00:00 15 7h 55m 13h 58m 6.44 ✔ 90
Shageluk 3/11 15:09:00 15 3/11 23:10:00 15 8h 1m 8h 9m 7.98 ✔ ✔ 65
Anvik 3/12 02:37:00 15 3/12 02:38:00 15 0h 1m 3h 27m 7.25 ✔ ✔ 25
Grayling 3/12 05:48:00 15 3/12 12:10:00 15 6h 22m 3h 10m 5.68 ✔ ✔ 18
Eagle Island 3/12 19:51:00 15 3/13 02:00:00 14 6h 9m 7h 41m 7.81 ✔ ✔ 60
Kaltag 3/13 09:00:00 14 3/13 14:46:00 13 5h 46m 7h 0m 10.00 ✔ ✔ 70
Unalakleet 3/14 01:01:00 13 3/14 07:09:00 11 6h 8m 10h 15m 8.78 ✔ ✔ 90
Shaktoolik 3/14 12:33:00 11 3/14 17:25:00 10 4h 52m 5h 24m 7.41 ✔ ✔ 40
Koyuk 3/14 22:26:00 10 3/15 02:25:00 10 3h 59m 5h 1m 11.56 ✔ ✔ 58
Elim 3/15 08:33:00 10 3/15 08:37:00 10 0h 4m 6h 8m 7.83 ✔ ✔ 48
White Mountain 3/15 15:49:00 10 3/15 23:49:00 9 8h 0m 7h 12m 6.39 ✔ ✔ 46
Safety 3/16 06:57:00 9 3/16 06:59:00 9 0h 2m 7h 8m 7.71 ✔ ✔ 55
Nome 3/16 09:50:38 9 2h 51m 7.72 ✔ ✔ 22