Meet Jake Paul’s couple.
The YouTuber, who now also works as a boxer, is dating Jutta Leerdam, the world champion speed skater from the Netherlands who won a medal at the 2022 Winter Olympics held in Beijing, China.
Paul, who rose to fame as a social media influencer alongside his brother Logan Paul, made his relationship with the athlete official in April 2023 when he shared an Instagram post with her.
“I’m Dutch now,” Paul captioned a photo of himself arm-in-arm with Leerdam on a photo carousel. Since then, the couple has not been shy about posting about each other on their social media accounts or talking about their relationship in public.
Leerdam appeared on her boyfriend’s sports podcast, BS with Jake Paul, to discuss her career, romance and more later that month. About a year later, Paul spoke on a podcast about his upcoming fight against Mike Tyson in a special live show on Netflix in July 2024.
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“My goal is to become a world champion, and now I have the opportunity to prove myself against the greatest heavyweight champion ever, the baddest man on the planet and the most dangerous boxer of all time,” Paul said of the anticipated matchup. “This is going to be the fight of a lifetime.”
Paul has Leederman’s support in his boxing endeavors. “I’m so proud of you. You’ve only been doing this sport for 3.5 years and you’re having the biggest fights. You inspire me so much with your work ethic, the way you think big and your crazy determination,” she wrote in a post on her Instagram.
Read on to know more about Jake Paul’s girlfriend, Jutta Leerdam.
She is a speed skating champion
Jutta Leerdam of the Netherlands competes at the ISU World Speed Skating Sprint Championships in Germany in March 2024.
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Leederman is from the Netherlands, born on December 30, 1998. She has amassed a string of titles since stepping onto the ice for the first time at 11, an age the official Olympic website notes is considered “late by Dutch standards”.
Before discovering her love for speed skating, the ‘s-Gravenzande native played field hockey for eight years. “I enjoyed it, but I was never a team player,” Leerdam told Infrostada Sports. “I’m drawn to the individual aspect of skating.”
The skating star specializes in sprinting disciplines and holds records in the 1000 meters.
Leerdam, who trains with both men and women to improve her game, won her first major title at the 2017 World Junior Championships in Finland. Since then, she has won three world championship titles, is considered the current European sprint champion and is an Olympic medalist.
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She is a silver Olympic medalist
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Jutta Leerdam poses with her silver medal at the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics in February 2022.
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Leerdam represented the Netherlands at the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing, China. She took home the silver medal in the 1,000 meters, behind Japan’s Takagi Miho, who set the Olympic record in the women’s speed skating event.
“I was pretty happy with the time. I thought it would be slower after that turn. This is my first Olympics, I was going for gold, but I’m happy with silver,” Leerdam said after her race.
She is the daughter of a windsurfer
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Jake Paul and Jutta Leerdam.
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Leerdam’s father, Ruud Leerdam, is a fan of windsurfing and even named her after the German water sports champion!
“I got that name because my dad used to surf. There was one girl who won a lot, her name is Jutta Muller,” explained Leerdam. “A lot of surfers were impressed by her. She was blonde and my dad thought: ‘If I have a blonde daughter, I’ll name her Jutta’.”
He has almost 5 million followers on Instagram
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Jake Paul and Jutta Leerdam.
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Similar to her boyfriend, Leerdam has quite the following on Instagram with 4.3 million followers on the platform. Leerdam is also involved in modeling, often publishing fashion photos in which she represents her brands. Among them are Hugo Boss and Dior.
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She says Jake Paul is “different” online than he is in person
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Jake Paul kisses Jutta Leerdam at the ice rink.
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Leerdam spoke for the first time about her relationship with Paul at his BS with Jake Paul podcast in April 2023. Within the first three minutes of the 46-minute video, she said he was “different” compared to how he appears online.
“He’s not an idiot in real life. He’s just different on camera. You’re just the sweetest guy ever and I want to expose you one day,” she told Paul. “It’s so different to see you on video, your personality out there online compared to other places.”
Paul replied, “I feel like I’m the same.” Although Leerdam immediately cut off his answer, saying, “No, no you didn’t. Definitely not.”
Leerdam continued, “You’re actually a little more introverted in real life. You’re more cold. You’re kind of sweet and honest and more vulnerable and kind of emotionally open. I’ve never seen that in a guy. I’ve never seen a guy that open. It’s actually manly that you can show your emotions and I think that’s really nice.”
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