Hans Gatt

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Hans Gatt (* 1958 in Ellbögen ) is an Austrian long-distance musher who lives in Canada in the Yukon Territory .

Gatt is the first musher to win the Yukon Quest three times in a row. With the victory in the Yukon Quest 2010 Gatt undercut the old record time of Sebastian Schnülle by 23 hours and has now set it to 9 days and 26 minutes.

With his fourth win in 2010, he caught up with Lance Mackey , who also won the Yukon Quest four times. In the same year he finished second behind Mackey in the Iditarod .

At the beginning of 2018, Gatt was shown on 3sat in the episode Alaska Highway - Pioneer Route into the Wilderness of the documentary series Reisen in distant worlds .

Important successes

  • Yukon Quest: 2002 (1st), 2003 (1st), 2004 (1st), 2006 (2nd), 2007 (2nd), 2010 (1st)
  • Iditarod: 10 best positions in 2010 (2nd)
  • Percy DeWolfe 200: 2010 (1st)
  • IFSS World Championship Open Class: (1st)
  • European Championship: 4 × (1st)
  • Wyoming Stage Stop: 4 × (1st)
  • International Rocky Mountain Stage Stop Sled Dog Race: (1st)

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SURNAME Gatt, Hans
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian long-distance musher
DATE OF BIRTH 1958
PLACE OF BIRTH Elbows