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Silvia Furtwängler

Bib Number: 54
Hometown: Rauland, NORWAY
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Biography

Silvia Furtwängler was born and raised in Germany. She began mushing 27 years ago and became interested in running the Iditarod when she crossed the finish line of the Yukon Quest in 2003. In 2008, “I went in the footstep of Roald Amundsen and crossed the Hardangervidda with sled dogs a little bit like Amundsen, he went with ski. After this I was convinced that this is the right place to live. In 2008, I emigrated to Norway.” For the last three years she has owned her own tour guide business. Silvia has two adult children, Maurice and Raffaella and Steven, 15. She lists her hobbies as hiking, cooking and photography.

Sponsors

Belcando Dog Food, GERMANY
Woolpówer, SCHWEDEN
ManHat
ProProjekt

Visit Rauland
Rauland Skisenter
Scana Skarpenord
Kongsberg Maretime


2012 Standings

Checkpoint Time In Dogs In Time Out Dogs Out Rest Time Previous Layover Status Distance
Enroute Time Speed (mph) 8hr 24hr
Anchorage 3/03 11:54:00 12
Willow 3/04 15:44:00 16
Yentna Station 3/04 20:30:00 16 3/04 23:40:00 16 3h 10m 4h 46m 8.81 42
Skwentna 3/05 03:17:00 16 3/05 08:56:00 15 5h 39m 3h 37m 8.29 30
Finger Lake 3/05 16:17:00 15 3/05 22:48:00 14 6h 31m 7h 21m 5.44 40
Rainy Pass 3/06 04:00:00 14 3/06 11:07:00 14 7h 7m 5h 12m 5.77 30
Rohn 3/06 16:55:00 14 3/06 22:20:00 13 5h 25m 5h 48m 6.03 35
Nikolai 3/07 21:17:00 13 22h 57m 3.27 Scratched 75