Ryan Anderson (born April 15, 1981) is a four-time Beargrease champion[1] dog musher and dog sled racer from Minnesota.
Anderson dropped out of the 1,049-mile Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race across Alaska in 2017, after his dogs fell ill.[2]
Anderson has been around the sport of racing dogs since age five. He started racing at age 10. He won numerous races starting in 2001, when he won the mid-distance John Beargrease Dog Sled championship.[3] He won the UP 200 six times, more than any other UP 200 champion,[4] as well as other championship races such as the Can-Am[5] [6] once and the Hudson Bay Quest twice.[7]
Anderson grew up in Pine City, Minnesota and lives in Cushing, Wisconsin with his wife, Missy, and their two children.[8] [9] When he is not mushing, he works in construction. The couple has about 40 Alaskan huskies.[7]