Elle Bielfeldt Leonard is an entrepreneur, athlete, supportive wife, and mother. She is the wife of former Miami Heat player, Meyers Leonard whom she has been with for over a decade.
The 33-year-old is very open about her life as she shares most of her activities on social media. She is also psyched about healthy living and has also made it a habit to share her recipes with her followers.
Asides from these, Elle Leonard is also a co-owner of a luxurious apparel brand with her basketball-playing husband.
Elle Bielfeldt is the Grand Daughter of Bielfeldt & Company LLC Founders
She is the first daughter of David Bielfeldt, the son of Gary K. and Carlotta Bielfeldt, owners of Bielfeldt & Company LLC. They are also co-founders of the Bielfeldt Foundation located in Peoria where Meyer Leonard and his wife both hail from.
Elle’s mother is Julie and from her marriage to David Bielfeldt, they bore the entrepreneur and her 3 other siblings. She has a brother named Max, and 2 sisters named Matti and Lydia.
Her father was a professional trader, together with his sisters, Elle’s aunties; Linda and Karen Gray.
Gary’s granddaughter was born on January 15, 1992, in Peoria, Illinois, United States of America. Max was born a year after her, in 1993 while Matti and Lydia were born in 1996 and 1999 respectively.
She attended the University of Illinois where she graduated with a BS.c in Advertising, in 2014.
She Started Dating her Husband at the age of 19
In July 2011, Elle and Meyers began dating at the age of 19. They were both freshers at the University of Illinois. Bielfeldt and Meyers dated for about 4 years before they took the relationship to another level by getting married in 2015.
In 2014, Meyers and his now-wife got engaged and a year later, on August 2, 2015, they got married. By August 2022, they celebrated their 7th wedding anniversary and have been together for about 11 years.
In a post dated December 24, 2021, the couple announced their pregnancy with a photo upload. On June 7, 2022, they welcomed their first child named Liam Walter Leonard.
Before the birth of her son, Mrs. Meyers Leonard used to refer to herself as a ‘dog mum’. She had a husky named Bella.
She Used to Play Basketball Like her Husband
Just like the former Miami Heat basketball player, Elle used to also play basketball. She was even part of the Peoria Notre Dame girl’s basketball team. Elle’s sporting prowess is not old news as she still shares videos of herself shooting hoops.
Meyers and his wife have always had a love for basketball and they have been quite supportive of their careers.
Similarly, she shares photos and videos of herself exercising and keeping fit. Despite not being a professional basketball player, she is also a fitness enthusiast.
Bielfeldt Leonard Owns Several Business Ventures
Elle Leonard is the owner of Level Foods; a protein bar business. She started the business in January 2018 as a means to alleviate her husband’s struggle with sleep and also help his diet.
Asides from this, Elle also co-owns a lifestyle and apparel brand with her husband, Meyer. This brand covers clothing such as her ‘BLUES’- leggings and tops that come in different styles and sizes.
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Meyer Leonard’s Wife was Harassed Following her Husband’s Slur
In 2021, Elle Bielfeldt’s husband received a lot of backlash after an anti-Jewish utterance made while streaming a video game on Twitch. In the video that went viral, the former Portland Trail Blazer player was heard cussing out and this caused outrage.
The basketball player apologized for his anti-Semitic slur and even went on a live video to further apologize. Still, he was not let off the hook and the aggression was even transferred to his wife.
Social media users took to Elle’s social media pages to troll her and demanded an apology.
This slip-up by the athlete cost him a couple of cut-offs from brands such as FaZe Clan. On March 9, Leonard was also suspended from the Miami Heat following the slur. A few days later, he was traded to the Oklahoma City Thunder but he didn’t join the team and was instead traded as a salary filler. The athlete remained without a team from then until recently.
In February 2023, the L. A Lakers hosted Elle’s husband for a workout. This was the first he was heard about concerning his career since the controversy.
By February 20, 2023, he got another chance to return to the court. He was offered a 10-day contract with The Milwaukee Bucks.
