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Joar Leifseth Ulsom

Bib Number: 28
Hometown: Mo i Rana, NORWAY
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Biography

This 2018 Iditarod Champion has nine Iditarod races behind him and in each race has placed in the top ten; he is hoping this year will be no exception.

Joar Leifseth Ulsom grew up in beautiful Norway, just south of the Arctic circle. With a love of nature, adventure and dogs, becoming a musher tied everything together nicely for him. In 2011, Joar moved from Norway to Alaska with his kennel of seventeen dogs and started applying himself to learning the ropes of racing. Among others, he has had the pleasure of participating in the Yukon Quest, Copper Basin 300, Nadezhda Hope Race and Kuskokwim 300.

In 2018, Joar became a proud member of the Norway based Qrill Pet Mushing Team and it was a dream come true when he crossed the finish line in first place during that year’s Iditarod. His kennel, Sivo Racing Kennel in Willow Alaska, has grown to about 60 wonderful dogs and is run by Joar and his wife, a veterinarian named Margot.

A newly minted private pilot, Joar is working diligently towards his commercial pilot’s license. Joar also became a doting father when his pride and joy, Henrik, was born in the summer of 2021. In what time he has left, Joar tries to get his little family on foot, skis, plane, bike or dog sled into the mountains that he loves so much.

SPONSORS:
QRILL Pet
Gealach Mor Kennel
Non-Stop Doggear
First Lite
The Henning Group
Angstman Law Office
Deuter
Helgeland Sparebank
Trumf Trading
Nova Sea
Lovund
Occasione by Olaisen
Maria Olaisen As
Dan Ditlefsen

Sponsors

Qrill Pet Food
Solveig Leifseth/Vegar Leifseth Ulsom/Gunnar Ulsom
Joyce/Peter Duncan
Gene Smith/Darrel Diebel
Pedro Garcia/Marc Millican
Rana Trekk & Brukshundklub
GoNorth! Adventure Learning
Arctic Chiropractic & Physical Therapy
Canelana

Helgeland Sparebank
Trumf Trading
Handler & OT Sled Products \
Nova sea
Lovund
Hector & Lucas
Non-Stop Dogwear
Appetitt
All my Dog Sponsors and Kennel Members


2019 Standings

Checkpoint Time In Dogs In Time Out Dogs Out Rest Time Previous Layover Status Distance
Enroute Time Speed (mph) 8hr 24hr
Willow 3/03 14:52:00 14
Yentna 3/03 18:49:00 14 3/03 18:52:00 14 0h 3m 3h 57m 10.63 42
Skwentna 3/04 01:03:00 14 3/04 01:06:00 14 0h 3m 6h 11m 4.85 30
Finger Lake 3/04 05:39:00 14 3/04 08:40:00 14 3h 1m 4h 33m 8.79 40
Rainy Pass 3/04 11:42:00 14 3/04 14:52:00 13 3h 10m 3h 2m 9.89 30
Rohn 3/04 18:30:00 13 3/04 18:37:00 13 0h 7m 3h 38m 9.63 35
Nikolai 3/05 06:36:00 13 3/05 10:37:00 13 4h 1m 11h 59m 6.26 75
McGrath 3/05 16:45:00 13 3/05 16:49:00 13 0h 4m 6h 8m 7.83 48
Takotna 3/05 19:08:00 13 3/06 19:58:00 13 24h 50m 2h 19m 7.77 ✔ 18
Ophir 3/06 22:50:00 13 3/06 23:00:00 12 0h 10m 2h 52m 8.02 ✔ 23
Iditarod 3/07 12:37:00 12 3/07 16:52:00 11 4h 15m 13h 37m 5.88 ✔ 80
Shageluk 3/08 00:14:00 11 3/08 08:15:00 11 8h 1m 7h 22m 7.47 ✔ ✔ 55
Anvik 3/08 11:27:00 11 3/08 11:28:00 11 0h 1m 3h 12m 7.81 ✔ ✔ 25
Grayling 3/08 13:43:00 11 3/08 18:47:00 11 5h 4m 2h 15m 8.00 ✔ ✔ 18
Eagle Island 3/09 02:03:00 11 3/09 07:45:00 10 5h 42m 7h 16m 8.53 ✔ ✔ 62
Kaltag 3/09 18:53:00 10 3/09 23:44:00 10 4h 51m 11h 8m 5.39 ✔ ✔ 60
Unalakleet 3/10 16:40:00 10 3/10 16:40:00 10 0h 0m 15h 56m 5.33 ✔ ✔ 85
Shaktoolik 3/10 22:01:00 10 3/11 01:39:00 9 3h 38m 5h 21m 7.48 ✔ ✔ 40
Koyuk 3/11 09:59:00 9 3/11 15:15:00 8 5h 16m 8h 20m 6.00 ✔ ✔ 50
Elim 3/11 22:47:00 8 3/12 00:46:00 8 1h 59m 7h 32m 6.37 ✔ ✔ 48
White Mountain 3/12 08:46:00 8 3/12 16:47:00 8 8h 1m 8h 0m 5.75 ✔ ✔ 46
Safety 3/13 00:42:00 8 3/13 00:45:00 8 0h 3m 7h 55m 6.95 ✔ ✔ 55
Nome 3/13 03:51:22 8 3h 6m 7.10 ✔ ✔ 22