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Lance Mackey
American dog musher (1970–2022)
Not to be confused with Lance Macey.
Lance Mackey (June 2, 1970 – September 7, 2022) was an American dog musher and dog sled racer from Fairbanks, Alaska.
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Mackey was a four-time winner of both the 1,000-mile (1,600 km) Yukon Quest and the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race.[1]
Early life
Lance was born on June 2, 1970, in Anchorage[2] into a family of sled dog mushers.
His father, Dick Mackey, was one of the founders of the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race, and won the event by a one second margin over Rick Swenson in 1978. Lance's half-brother Rick Mackey also won the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race in 1983.
All three of them won the race on their sixth attempt while wearing bib number 13.[3]
Mackey raced from the time he was a child; his father recalls building a sled for Lance as soon as he was old enough to hold on and then, watching him enter and win his very first race.[4] However, technic