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Nils Hahn

Bib Number: 56
Hometown: Nome, Alaska, US


Biography

Nils Hahn, 48, was born and raised in Germany. He moved to Alaska 25 years ago to run sled dogs and the Iditarod. He has run and finished the Iditarod in 2000, 2001, 2002 and 2004. The family lives seven miles outside of the city of Nome, with their kennel of sled dogs, a wiener dog and one horse. Almost all dogs Nils runs are of Joe Garnie bloodlines.

Nils lives in Nome, Alaska, with his wife Diana Haecker and their daughter Lizzy Hahn. Nils and Diana are publishers of Alaska’s oldest newspaper, The Nome Nugget and also Mushing Magazine.

In addition to the Iditarod, Nils has run many sled dog races in Alaska, including the Kobuk 440, Kuskokwim 300, Portside 150 (Kotzebue to Kivalina), Nome-Council 200, Fur Rondy, Arctic Circle Championships, Exxon Mobile, Shishmaref Cannonball Herbie Nayokpuk Spring Carnival races.

Sponsors

Family
NSEDC
Joe Garnie and family
TelAlaska
Patty Burchell, Nome, AK


2020 Standings

Checkpoint Time In Dogs In Time Out Dogs Out Rest Time Previous Layover Status Distance
Enroute Time Speed (mph) 8hr 24hr
Willow 3/08 15:48:00 14
Yentna 3/08 22:02:00 14 3/09 02:26:00 14 4h 24m 6h 14m 6.74 42
Skwentna 3/09 06:50:00 14 3/09 11:43:00 13 4h 53m 4h 24m 6.82 30
Finger Lake 3/09 18:39:00 13 3/10 01:35:00 13 6h 56m 6h 56m 5.77 40
Rainy Pass 3/10 05:45:00 13 3/10 13:02:00 13 7h 17m 4h 10m 7.20 30
Rohn 3/10 17:19:00 13 3/11 00:15:00 13 6h 56m 4h 17m 8.17 35
Nikolai 3/11 15:39:00 13 3/11 21:30:00 13 5h 51m 15h 24m 4.87 75
McGrath 3/12 04:30:00 13 7h 0m 6.86 Scratched 48