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All You Need to Know About Jake Paul’s 5-Time World Champion Girlfriend Jutta Leerdam: Net Worth, Ethnicity, Career, and More

Published 08/04/2023, 10:45 AM EDT

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On the professional front, Jake Paul stands at a critical juncture. Many even consider that the fate of his future in boxing rests on tomorrow’s match with Nate Diaz. However, on the personal front, the state of play appears breezy. Going steady with girlfriend Jutta Leerdam, Paul is having a whale of a time after splitting up with former girlfriend, Julia Rose, an Instagram model and influencer.

In the love and companionship of Leerdam, Jake Paul appears to have found comfort and delight. The American YouTuber-turned-boxer seems amazed by the Dutch speed skater’s exceptional traits, such as her tenacity, intelligence, and ability to work hard.

Jake Paul and Jutta Leerdam age: How did Jake Paul meet Jutta Leerdam?

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Jutta Leerdam used to date Dutch speed skater Koen Verweij. However, they went their separate ways eventually. Leerdam shared the news through Instagram in August last year.

Reportedly twenty-six-year-old Jake Paul met twenty-four-year-old Jutta Leerdam on Instagram during the latter part of last year. They used to chat online and soon connected over shared passions. One thing led to another, and the two finally met in Miami. Making their relationship official in April this year, Leerdam and Paul shared a series of sweet Instagram posts.

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Understandably Jake Paul is overwhelmed with gratitude for the developments. He confirmed being head over heels in love with Leerdam. The latter, who saw her statue, the first ever for a sportswoman, unveiled at Madame Tussauds in Amsterdam, on her part, congratulated ‘The Problem Child’ for making it to the cover page of Sports Illustrated’s August issue.

Jutta Leerdam: net worth and career

Born in ‘s-Gravenzande, a town in South Holland, on December 30, 1998, Jutta Leerdam decided to pursue speed skating as a career at a young age and has been training ever since. Although known widely for her prowess in speed skating, she was once an accomplished inline skater winning multiple national titles. In 2017, World Junior Championship occurred in Helsinki, Finland. There Leerdam triumphed as the junior world champion.

The 2018 championship occurred in Salt Lake City in the United States. Joy Beune, another athlete from the Netherlands, came first, and Jutta Leerdam grabbed second place. She participated in 1000 and 1500-meter races during the ISU Junior World Cup, staying at the top through the year 2017 and then in 2018. Additionally, she added another feather to her cap by becoming the Junior Sprint champion of the Netherlands.

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Switching to a professional career in 2018, Jutta Leerdam joined Team IKO and became a 1000-meter world champion, first in 2020 and then later in 2023. She won a silver medal in the same event at the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing. A month later, she bettered her performance to grab a gold medal at the Hamar, Norway-held World Sprint Championships.

As a champion speed skater, Jutta Leerdom received numerous awards and accolades. Besides the several nominations for the ‘Dutch Sportswoman of The Year’ award, she was recognized as the ‘most promising’ Dutch speed skater’ and received the 2019 Ard Schenk award.

A conservative estimate puts Jutta Leerdam’s net worth in the neighborhood of $1 million. She seems to have bought a house in 2020. It is in Naaldwijk, a town near her birthplace, ‘s-Gravenzande. Priced at $1.6 million, the property reportedly features six bedrooms and a sizeable lawn. Leerdam also has endorsement deals with Red Bull and Craft, a sportswear company.

Jutta Leerdam ethnicity: Is she not an American?

Standing at five feet and ten inches and weighing around seventy kilograms, Jutta Leerdam has Dutch ancestry and was raised in the Netherlands. She was born to Dutch parents who always encouraged her to follow her heart and passion.

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Jutta Leerdam Family: Parents and Siblings

Most of the portals failed to throw up her parents’ names. However, according to ‘thedistin.com,’ Jutta Leerdam’s father is Ruud Leerdam. Additionally, she seems to have five siblings, who are sisters – Merel Leerdam, Beaudine Leerdam, and Monique Leerdam, and a brother, Kjeld Leerdam.

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Jaideep Unnithan is a Boxing writer at EssentiallySports. With over 400 articles authored at ES, Jaideep has built a reputation for diving deep into stories and producing detailed reports. Jaideep's passion for the sport of boxing was ignited when his father shared his experience of watching Ali vs Frazier live in the US.
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