Jutta Leerdam

Jutta Monica Leerdam (pronounced [ˈjutaː ˈmoːnikaː leːrˈdɑm]; born 30 December 1998) is a Dutch speed skater specializing in long-track sprint events. She is the 2022 World Sprint Champion in the 500 and 1000 metres combined.

Jutta Leerdam

Leerdam in 2019
Personal information
Full name	Jutta Monica Leerdam
Nationality	Dutch
Born	(1998-12-30) 30 December 1998 (age 26) 's-Gravenzande, Netherlands
Height	1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)
Weight	73 kg (161 lb)
Sport
Country	Netherlands
Sport	Speed skating
Event(s)	500 m, 1000 m
Club	Team Jumbo Visma
Turned pro	2018
Medal record Women's speed skating Representing the  Netherlands Olympic Games 2022 Beijing 1000 m World Single Distances Championships 2019 Inzell Team sprint 2020 Salt Lake City 1000 m 2020 Salt Lake City Team sprint 2023 Heerenveen 1000 m 2025 Hamar Team sprint 2021 Heerenveen 1000 m 2025 Hamar 500 m 2023 Heerenveen 500 m 2024 Calgary 1000 m 2025 Hamar 1000 m World Sprint Championships 2022 Hamar Sprint 2022 Hamar Team sprint 2024 Inzell Sprint European Championships 2020 Heerenveen 1000 m 2021 Heerenveen Sprint 2022 Heerenveen 1000 m 2023 Hamar Sprint 2024 Heerenveen 1000 m 2025 Heerenveen Sprint 2024 Heerenveen 500 m World Junior Championships 2017 Helsinki Allround 2017 Helsinki 1500m 2018 Utah Allround 2017 Helsinki 500m 2017 Helsinki 3000m

In the 1000 metres, she is the 2020 and 2023 World Single Distance Champion. In the team sprint, she is the 2019 and 2020 World Single Distance Champion and the 2022 World Sprint Champion. She also won a silver medal in the 1000 metres at the 2022 Beijing Olympics.

Career

Leerdam (2018)

Leerdam became the junior world champion at the 2017 World Junior Championships in Helsinki, Finland. The following year, at the 2018 Championships in Salt Lake City, United States, she finished second behind compatriot Joy Beune.^[1]

During the 2017–18 season, she won the ISU Junior World Cup competition in the 1000m and 1500m events. She also became the Dutch junior sprint champion.

In 2018, she turned professional and became a member of Team IKO.^[2]

Since turning professional Leerdam won the 1000m world title twice (2020 and 2023), silver at that distance at the 2022 Winter Olympics and also the gold medal at the World Sprint Championships in 2022. Leerdam joined Team Jumbo-Visma in 2022 and is under contract until 2024.^[3]

Personal life

Leerdam was named after the German windsurfing world champion Jutta Müller by her father, a windsurfing enthusiast. Her second cousin Dione Voskamp is also a speed skater.^[4] Leerdam studies commercial economics at the Johan Cruyff Academy of the Hanze University of Applied Sciences in Groningen.^[5]

Leerdam was in a relationship with Dutch speed skater Koen Verweij from 2017 to 2022.^[6][7] Since 2023, she has been in a relationship with American social media personality and professional boxer Jake Paul.^[8] The couple publicly confirmed their relationship on 3 April 2023 after communicating over Instagram a few months earlier.^[9]

On 22 March 2025, Leerdam and Paul announced their engagement on Instagram.^[10]

Records

Personal records

Personal records[11]
Speed skating
Event	Result	Date	Location	Notes
500 meter	37.14	27 December 2022	Thialf, Heerenveen
1000 meter	1:11.84	15 February 2020	Utah Olympic Oval, Salt Lake City	Dutch record.
1500 meter	1:53.64	29 October 2021	Thialf, Heerenveen
3000 meter	4:05.19	10 March 2018	Utah Olympic Oval, Salt Lake City

World record

Nr.	Event	Result	Date	Location	Notes
1.	Team sprint	1:24.029	13 February 2020	Utah Olympic Oval, Salt Lake City	With Letitia de Jong and Femke Kok

Tournament overview

Season	Dutch Championships Single Distances	Dutch Championships Sprint	European Championships Sprint	World Championships Sprint	World Championships Single Distances	Olympic Games	World Championships Allround Junior	World Cup Junior	World Cup GWC	European Championships Single Distances
2016–17	HEERENVEEN 14th 500m 12th 1000m 15th 1500m						HELSINKI 500m 1500m 7th 1000m 3000m overall team pursuit
2017–18	HEERENVEEN 11th 500m 10th 1000m 14th 1500m						SALT LAKE CITY 500m 1500m 1000m 3000m overall team pursuit team sprint	500m 1000m 1500m overall
2018–19	HEERENVEEN 500m 1000m	HEERENVEEN 500m 1000m 500m 1000m overall	COLLALBO 4th 500m 1000m 4th 500m 1000m 4th overall	HEERENVEEN 16th 500m 6th 1000m 15th 500m 4th 1000m 10th overall	INZELL 16th 500m 5th 1000m team sprint				20th 500m 15th 1000m
2019–20	HEERENVEEN 500m 1000m			HAMAR 15th 500m 1000m 7th 500m 1000m 5th overall	SALT LAKE CITY 8th 500m 1000m team sprint				24th 500m 4th 1000m team sprint	HEERENVEEN DNS 500m 1000m
2020–21	HEERENVEEN 500m 1000m	HEERENVEEN 500m 1000m 500m 1000m overall	HEERENVEEN 4th 500m 1000m 500m 1000m overall		HEERENVEEN 4th 500m 1000m				28th 500m 18th 1000m
2021–22	HEERENVEEN 500m 1000m			HAMAR 5th 500m 1000m 500m 1000m overall		BEIJING 5th 500m 1000m			20th 500m 15th 1000m	HEERENVEEN 1000m
2022–23	HEERENVEEN 500m 1000m 1500m	HEERENVEEN 500m 1000m 500m 1000m overall	HAMAR 500m 1000m 500m 1000m overall		HEERENVEEN 500m 1000m 7th 1500m				4th 500m 1000m 22nd 1500m
2023–24	HEERENVEEN 500m 1000m 6th 1500m			INZELL 5e 500m 1000m 5e 500m 1000m overall	CALGARY 6th 500m 1000m					HEERENVEEN 500m 1000m

Source:^[12][13][14]

• Events for World Championship Junior Allround: 500m, 1500m, 1000m, 3000m
• Events for sprint championships: 500m, 1000m, 500m, 1000m

World Cup overview

Season	500 meter
2017–18				Junior
2018–19	11th	13th	9th	11th	14th	16th	11th	–	–	–	–
2019–20	12th	8th	11th	–	–	–	–
2020–21	6th	–	–	–
2021–22	12th	12th	7th	4th	7th	20th
2022–23				5th	–		20th

Season	1000 meter
2017–18				Junior
2018–19	10th	9th	10th	7th	–	–	–
2019–20	4th	6th	–	9th
2020–21	4th	–
2021–22	5th	4th
2022–23					–

Season	1500 meter
2017–18			Junior
2018–19
2019–20
2020–21
2021–22
2022–23	10th	8th	7th	–	–	–

Season	Team sprint
2017–18
2018–19
2019–20				–
2020–21
2021–22
2022–23