Martin Buser
Martin Buser (b. March 29, 1958 in Winterthur, Switzerland) is a champion of sled dog racing. He began mushing at age seventeen in Switzerland. In 1979, Buser moved to Alaska to train and raise sled dogs full time. He entered his first Iditarod in 1980. He has run every race since 1986. In twenty Iditarods, Buser has won the event four times. On sixteen occasions, he has finished among the top ten finishers.
Buser has named both of his sons, Nikolai and Rohn, after Iditarod check points. Upon completion of his fourth Iditarod victory in March 2002, Buser was naturalized as a citizen of the United States under the burled arch in Nome.
