RICK SWENSON
By: Phillip, Kevin, Hummad
Mrs.Shrum
5th
sources: www.iditarod.com
www.lycos.com
Iditarod Classics by Lew Freedman (1992)
RICK SWENSON WAS BORN IN WILLMAR, MINNESOTA AND IS NOW 48 YEARS
OLD.SWENSON NOW LIVES IN TWO RIVERS, ALASKA. HE CAME TO ALASKA IN 1973
TO RUN SLED DOGS. SWENSON RAN HIS FIRST IDITAROD IN 1976AND CAME IN TENTH
PLACE.HE RACED IN EVERY IDTAROD EXCEPT ONE WHICH HE WAS THROWN OUT OF BECAUSE
OF THE DEATH OF A DOG EARLY IN THE RACE. SWENSON IS THE IDITARODS ONLY
FIVE-TIME CHAMPION. THE YEARS IN WHICH HE WON ARE 1977,1979, 1981, 1982,
AND 1991.
RICK SWENSON IS THE FATHER OF THREE: KRISTEN, ANDY, AND KEVIN.
HE IS A MEMBER OF THE TWO RIVERS MUSHING ASSOCIATION AND THE ALASKA MINER
ASSOCIATION. SWENSONS HOBBIES ARE MINING, SLED DOGS, AND WOODWORKING.
1.RICK SWENSON IS 46.
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2.RICK SWENSON WAS BORN IN ALASKA.
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3. RICK SWENSON HAS NEVER WON THE IDITAROD.
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4. SWENSON RAN HIS FIRST IDITAROD IN 1976.
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5. SWENSON DID NOT WIN FIRST IN 1982.
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6. KEVIN IS THE NAME OF ONE OF RICK SWENSON’S SONS.
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7. SWENSON HAS THREE CHILDREN.
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8. SWENSON IS A FIVE-TIME CHAMPION.
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9. SWENSON HATES MINING.
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10. SWENSON WAS BORN IN WILLMAR, MINNESOTA.
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