As is tradition, the Netherlands has a number of athletes who have the potential to medal in the event. Femke Kok, Marrit Fledderus and Jutta Leerdam are among the top-ranked 1000m skaters heading into the Winter Games. It was Leerdam who won the silver medal in Beijing four years ago.

The Sporting News provides all the details about Leerdam setting a new Olympic record in the 1000m speed skating event.

Jutta Leerdam set a new Olympic record in the women's 1,000 meters to win the gold medal ahead of her Dutch teammate Femke Kok.

One of the top competitors coming into this year’s event is Czechia’s Metodej Jilek. The top-ranked long-distance skater won the 5000m race in the World Juniors last year, and has the speed to make the most of his first Olympic experience.

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On the ice, Jutta Leerdam is an Olympic medalist speedskater for the Netherlands who is entered in the 500 and 1,000 meters at the Milan Cortina Winter Games. Off the ice, Leerdam gets a lot of attention for her engagement to YouTuber-turned-boxer Jake Paul — who is also at these Olympics,

Jutta Leerdam, who’s engaged to Jake Paul, set a new record and took home a gold medal when she won the women’s 1,000-meter race at the 2026 Winter Olympics on Feb. 9.

A month and a half after Anthony Joshua broke his jaw on live TV and made him into an instant meme, Jake Paul had a vicarious taste of victory when his fiancée Jutta Leerdam made Olympic history.

Speed skater Erin Jackson is a force on the track with 12 World Championship medals and 47 national titles. She made history at the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing when she became the first Black American woman to win a medal in speed skating and the first Black woman to win an individual Winter Olympic gold.

Americans Erin Jackson and Brittany Bowe missed out on medals in the women’s 1,000-meter speedskating final. Bowe holds the world record in the event, but Jutta Leerdam of the Netherlands won gold by setting an Olympic record. Jackson, one of Team USA's flag bearers, is the reigning 500-meter Olympic champion.