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Annika finished 12th in the
2011 Jr. Iditarod. She's back for 2013 and finished
13th.
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Annika Olesen, 17, says her parents have been
mushing 30 years, so “I guess I was born into
it. I got my first sled of my 6th birthday.”
Annika and her family live 160 miles away from the
nearest town. Her parents have lived on the
homestead 25 years. She says, “My family and I
have raised the majority of my team from puppies
and the training and racing is a full family
effort. She is homeschooled through the Alberta
Distance Learning Centre and in grade 11.” Her
hobbies besides mushing include archery, horses,
horse racing, playing guitar, building things from
wood and just being with her dogs. She would like
to be an exercise rider and groom for race horses,
and says she will never give up mushing completely
but may take a break while she does other things.
Her dad, Dave Olesen is an 8 time finisher of the
Iditarod. Annika finished the 2011 Jr. Iditarod in
12th place and she says she is very excited to be
back again! Yellowknife, NWT, Canada
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