Jutta Leerdam

Jutta Monica Leerdam (born 30 December 1998) is a Dutch speed skater specializing in the sprint events.

Jutta Leerdam

Leerdam in 2019
Personal information
Full name	Jutta Monica Leerdam
Nationality	Dutch
Born	(1998-12-30) 30 December 1998 (age 25) '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 2021 Heerenveen 1000 m 2023 Heerenveen 500 m 2024 Calgary 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 2024 Heerenveen 500 m World Junior Championships 2017 Helsinki Allround 2017 Helsinki 1500m 2018 Utah Allround 2017 Helsinki 500m 2017 Helsinki 3000m

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 great-niece 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 beginning in 2017.^[6] On 1 August 2022, she announced on her Instagram page that they had broken up.^[7] Leerdam and American social media personality and professional boxer Jake Paul publicly confirmed being a couple on 3 April 2023, after the two had gotten in touch via Instagram a few months earlier.^[8]

Records

Personal records

Personal records[9]
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

Source:^[10][11][12]

• 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

References

1. "Wereldkampioene Joy Beune besef het nog niet helemaal" (in Dutch). Schaatsen.nl. 12 March 2018.
2. "Leerdam: Ga er alles aan doen om zo snel mogelijk te winnen" (in Dutch). Schaatsen.nl. 17 June 2018.
3. Jutta Leerdam Wiki – Entertainpulse Celebrities. entertainpulse.com (16 December 2023). Retrieved (17 December 2023).
4. Beukema, Hans (26 November 2020). "Dione Voskamp is familie en ook schaatsster, maar verder de absolute tegenpool van Jutta Leerdam". Algemeen Dagblad (in Dutch). Retrieved 4 April 2023.
5. "Hulde! De 21-jarige Hanze-studente Jutta Leerdam is wereldkampioen". Sikkom (in Dutch). 16 February 2020. Retrieved 4 April 2023.
6. "Westlandse schaatsster Jutta Leerdam verovert hart Koen Verweij". AD (in Dutch). 24 May 2017.
7. Tsao, Door Carolien (1 August 2022). "Jutta Leerdam zet een punt achter haar relatie met Koen Verweij na overspelgeruchten". Cosmopolitan (in Dutch). Retrieved 15 October 2022.
8. ""Ik ben Nederlands nu": topschaatsster Jutta Leerdam en YouTube-bokser Jake Paul bevestigen relatie". Het Laatste Nieuws (in Flemish). 3 April 2023. Retrieved 4 April 2023.
9. "Jutta Leerdam". speedskatingresults.com. Retrieved 15 February 2022.
10. "Jutta Leerdam". SpeedSkatingNews.
11. "Jutta Leerdam". speedskatingstats.com. Retrieved 28 January 2021.
12. "Jutta Leerdam". schaatsstatistieken.nl. Retrieved 28 January 2021.

External links

• Jutta Leerdam at the International Skating Union
• Jutta Leerdam in SpeedSkatingBase.eu (archived)
• Jutta Leerdam at SpeedSkatingNews.info
• Jutta Leerdam at SpeedSkatingStats.com
• Jutta Leerdam at Olympics.com
• Jutta Leerdam at Olympedia
• Jutta Leerdam at TeamNL (archive) (in Dutch)
• Jutta Leerdam at IMDb