Jutta Leerdam Explained

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Jutta Leerdam
Fullname:Jutta Monica Leerdam
Nationality:Dutch
Birth Date:30 December 1998
Birth Place:'s-Gravenzande, Netherlands
Height:1.81 m
Weight:73 kg
Country:Netherlands
Club:Team Jumbo Visma
Event:500 m, 1000 m
Turnedpro:2018
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Jutta Monica Leerdam (born 30 December 1998) is a Dutch speed skater specializing in the sprint events.

Career

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

World record

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
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2017–18
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500m
1000m
1500m
overall
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2018–19
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20th 500m
15th 1000m
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2019–20
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24th 500m
4th 1000m
team sprint

DNS 500m
1000m

2020–21

28th 500m
18th 1000m

2021–22

20th 500m
15th 1000m

1000m

2022–23

4th 500m
1000m
22nd 1500m
Source:[9] [10] [11]

World Cup overview

Season500 meter
Junior
11th 13th 9th 11th 14th 16th 11th
12th 8th 11th
6th
12th 12th 7th 4th 7th 20th
5th 20th
Season1000 meter
Junior
10th 9th 10th 7th
4th 6th 9th
4th
5th 4th
Season1500 meter
Junior
10th 8th 7th

Notes and References

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