Biography
Mats Pettersson, 48, was born and raised in Kiruna, Sweden. He worked as a paramedic for 15 years and was a professional ice hockey player (goalkeeper), but a bad snowmobile accident made him give that up and he then focused completely on the dogs and since has has worked full time with his sled dog company, Kiruna Sleddog tours. He ran Norway’s Finmarkslópet seven times and this will be his sixth Iditarod. He loves being outside in the nature, fishing, and is also interested in sports. He and his wife, Charlotta, are the parents of Linnea, Clara, Tilda, and Zeb, 7 and Freja, 3. He is a member of Kiruna Kirunasleddogtours.
Sponsors
Royal Canin
| Nordiskhundemassasjeskole.no
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Awards
Sportsmanship — Sponsored by Donlin Gold
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 14:04:00 | 14 | |||||||||
| Yentna | 3/03 18:12:00 | 14 | 3/03 18:28:00 | 14 | 0h 16m | 4h 8m | 10.16 | 42 | |||
| Skwentna | 3/03 21:40:00 | 14 | 3/04 01:37:00 | 14 | 3h 57m | 3h 12m | 9.38 | 30 | |||
| Finger Lake | 3/04 06:10:00 | 14 | 3/04 09:09:00 | 14 | 2h 59m | 4h 33m | 8.79 | 40 | |||
| Rainy Pass | 3/04 12:18:00 | 14 | 3/04 16:37:00 | 14 | 4h 19m | 3h 9m | 9.52 | 30 | |||
| Rohn | 3/04 20:32:00 | 14 | 3/05 02:10:00 | 14 | 5h 38m | 3h 55m | 8.94 | 35 | |||
| Nikolai | 3/05 11:42:00 | 14 | 3/05 16:40:00 | 13 | 4h 58m | 9h 32m | 7.87 | 75 | |||
| McGrath | 3/06 00:01:00 | 13 | 3/06 00:06:00 | 12 | 0h 5m | 7h 21m | 6.53 | 48 | |||
| Takotna | 3/06 03:19:00 | 12 | 3/07 04:57:00 | 12 | 25h 38m | 3h 13m | 5.60 |  |
18 | ||
| Ophir | 3/07 07:37:00 | 12 | 3/07 07:41:00 | 12 | 0h 4m | 2h 40m | 8.63 | |
23 | ||
| Iditarod | 3/07 21:46:00 | 12 | 3/08 02:16:00 | 12 | 4h 30m | 14h 5m | 5.68 | |
80 | ||
| Shageluk | 3/08 10:30:00 | 12 | 3/08 18:30:00 | 11 | 8h 0m | 8h 14m | 6.68 | |
|
55 | |
| Anvik | 3/08 21:41:00 | 11 | 3/08 21:48:00 | 11 | 0h 7m | 3h 11m | 7.85 | |
|
25 | |
| Grayling | 3/09 00:13:00 | 11 | 3/09 05:20:00 | 11 | 5h 7m | 2h 25m | 7.45 | |
|
18 | |
| Eagle Island | 3/09 12:03:00 | 11 | 3/09 17:32:00 | 11 | 5h 29m | 6h 43m | 9.23 | |
|
62 | |
| Kaltag | 3/10 05:14:00 | 11 | 3/10 11:46:00 | 11 | 6h 32m | 10h 42m | 5.61 | |
|
60 | |
| Unalakleet | 3/11 02:36:00 | 11 | 3/11 06:36:00 | 9 | 4h 0m | 14h 50m | 5.73 | |
|
85 | |
| Shaktoolik | 3/11 13:20:00 | 9 | 3/11 22:58:00 | 9 | 9h 38m | 6h 44m | 5.94 | |
|
40 | |
| Koyuk | 3/12 08:37:00 | 9 | 3/12 13:56:00 | 8 | 5h 19m | 9h 39m | 5.18 | |
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50 | |
| Elim | 3/12 22:42:00 | 8 | 3/13 04:03:00 | 8 | 5h 21m | 8h 46m | 5.48 | |
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48 | |
| White Mountain | 3/13 21:14:00 | 8 | 3/14 05:33:00 | 8 | 8h 19m | 17h 11m | 2.68 | |
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46 | |
| Safety | 3/14 13:35:00 | 8 | 3/14 13:37:00 | 8 | 0h 2m | 8h 2m | 6.85 | |
|
55 | |
| Nome | 3/14 17:40:29 | 8 | 4h 3m | 5.43 | |
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22 | ||||
