Jake Paul arrived at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas, forward of his struggle with Mike Tyson with a particular companion on his arm — his 25-year-old girlfriend Jutta Leerdam, a Dutch Olympic velocity skater.
Paul and Leerdam went Instagram official in April 2023, with Paul revealing their relationship by captioning a number of photographs of the couple holding arms, “Im Dutch now.” Paul and Leerdam celebrated their one-year anniversary on April 12.
“I like you, I’m so grateful for you, you make me the happiest woman on this planet,” Leerdam wrote. “The person with one of the best coronary heart. Let’s by no means cease dancing child.”
In his personal anniversary submit, Paul, 27, stated he is “been in love since day one.” Here is all the pieces you want to learn about Leerdam:
Who’s Jake Paul’s girlfriend?
Leerdam, a local of s-Gravenzande, Netherlands, began competing in velocity skating early in her life and was named the 2017 World Junior Velocity Skating Champion at age 18. Leerdam competed on the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing, China and gained an Olympic silver medal within the 1000 meters.
“Wow… What a rollercoaster,” Leerdam wrote on the time. “Actually pleased with a silver medal on the Olympic video games!!!”
Leerdam, a six-time World champion, most not too long ago gained gold on the 2023 World Single Distances Velocity Skating Championships in Heerenveen, Netherlands in March 2023.
How did Jake Paul and Jutta Leerdam meet?
Throughout an episode of Netflix’s “Countdown: Paul vs. Tyson,” Leerdam revealed that she met Paul via social media. (Leerdam has a big social media following herself with 4.6 million Instagram followers.)
“Jake despatched me a DM on Instagram and requested if I needed to be on his podcast,” she stated. “When he hit me up me on-line, I believed, ‘What an conceited (expletive). He thinks he can do something, however he gained’t get me.’ I by no means anticipated so far him.”
Leerdam continued: “We actually linked in these two loopy worlds on a brilliant private, deep degree. Since then we’ve been inseparable.”
Paul stated he and Leerdam navigate an extended distance relationship at occasions as they each preserve their coaching schedules all over the world.
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