Iñaki Urdangarín, Duke of Palma de Mallorca
| Iñaki Urdangarin | |
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Urdangarin in 2010
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15 January 1968 Zumárraga, Basque Country, Spain |
| Spouse(s) | Infanta Cristina Federica of Spain (m. 1997) |
| Children | 4 |
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| Men’s handball | ||
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1996 Atlanta | Team Competition |
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2000 Sydney | Team Competition |
Iñaki Urdangarin y Liebaert (born 15 January 1968), is a retired handball player turned entrepreneur, and brother-in-law of Felipe VI of Spain, who was convicted of embezzling about 6 million euros in public funds for sporting events since 2004 through his nonprofit foundation, the so-called Nóos case, and of political corruption by using his former title of Duke of Palma as the husband of the Infanta Cristina.
Urdangarin is the son of Juan María Urdangarin Berriochoa (b. Zumárraga, 19 September 1932 - d. Vitoria-Gasteiz, 10 May 2012) and wife Claire Françoise Liebaert Courtain (b. Antwerp, 16 July 1935), of Spanish Basque and Belgian (both Walloon and Flemish) descent respectively. He has six siblings. His paternal grandparents Laureano de Urdangarin y Larrañaga (1898–1982) and wife Ana de Berriochoa y Elgarresta (1902–1996) came from the tiny and humble Basque village of Zumarraga.
He obtained an MBA after a "tailor made study".
At the age of 18, Urdangarin became a professional handball player with FC Barcelona Handbol, where he remained until his retirement in 2000. Meanwhile, he studied at the Escuela Superior de Administración y Dirección de Empresas (ESADE) in Barcelona, from which he received a master's degree in business administration.
As a member of the Spanish handball team, he participated in the 1992, 1996, and 2000 Summer Olympics, serving as team captain in 2000. The team won the bronze medal in 1996 and 2000.
Urdangarin has been a member of the Spanish Olympic Committee since 4 April 2001, and was elected first deputy chairman on 16 February 2004. In 2001, he received the Grand Cross of the Spanish Royal Order of Sports Merit (Real Orden del Mérito Deportivo).
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