Iñaki Urdangarin, Duke of Palma de Mallorca

Iñaki Urdangarin, Duke of Palma de Mallorca
Iñaki Urdangarin
Duke Consort of Palma de Mallorca
Spouse Infanta Cristina
Issue
Juan Valentín Urdangarín y de Borbón
Pablo Nicolás Urdangarín y de Borbón
Miguel Urdangarín y de Borbón
Irene Urdangarín y de Borbón
Full name
Iñaki Urdangarín Liebaert
Father Juan María Urdangarín Berriochoa
Mother Claire Liebaert Courtain
Born 15 January 1968 (1968-01-15) (age 43)
Zumarraga, Basque Country, Spain

Iñaki Urdangarín Liebaert, Duke Consort of Palma de Mallorca, (born 15 January 1968) is a prominent retired handball player. He is the husband of the Infanta Cristina, Duchess of Palma de Mallorca, the youngest daughter of King Juan Carlos and Queen Sofia of Spain.

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Personal life

Urdangarín is the son of Juan María Urdangarín Berriochoa (b. Zumarraga, 19 September 1932), of Spanish Basque, and Belgian (both Walloon and Flemish) descent and wife Claire Liebaert Courtain (b. ca. 1945). He has spent almost all his life in Barcelona. He has an older brother named Miguel (Mikel) Urdangarín Liebaert (born in 1967, unmarried and without issue), and sister, Cristina (married with four children, and now residing in St. Paul, Minnesota, United States). His paternal grandparents Laureano de Urdangarín y Larrañaga (Zumarraga, 8 September 1898 - Zumarraga, 29 December 1982) and wife Ana de Berriochoa y Elgarresta (Villareal de Urrechua, 31 August 1902 - Zumarraga, 27 February 1996) were entirely from Basque small nobility.

Sports career

Olympic medal record
Men’s handball
Bronze 1996 Atlanta Team Competition
Bronze 2000 Sydney Team Competition

At the age of 18, he became a professional handball player with FC Barcelona, where he remained until his retirement in 2000. He became Spain's most successful handball player, winning more than forty trophies. 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.

Marriage and children

It was at the 1996 games in Atlanta that he met the Infanta Cristina, whom he married in Barcelona on 4 October 1997. They have four children, all born in Barcelona:

They lived in Barcelona until 2009, where Urdangarín was director of planning and development for Motorpress Ibérica and a founding partner of Noos Consultoría Estratégica. Since then they have lived in Washington DC since 2009, where he works for Telefonica.

He 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, the Duke of Palma received the Grand Cross of the Spanish Royal Order of the Sports Merit (Real Orden del Mérito Deportivo).[1]

Palma Arena

In November 2011, Urdangarín has been accused of diverting public funds for his own profit through the Noos institute in the 'Palma Arena' case[2]. Searches were conducted at the Noos institute by the Spanish Anticorruption bureau [3]. The daily El Pais has released suspicious budget for one international event that was organized by the aforementioned institute which was ruled by Urdangarín at that time[4].

Titles and styles

  • 15 January 1968-4 October 1997: Iñaki Urdangarín Liebaert
  • 4 October 1997-: The Most Excellent The Duke of Palma de Mallorca

In view of contradictory Spanish legislation enacted over the past 30 years it is not entirely clear if Urdangarín is, except by social convention, entitled to be considered a Duke.[5]

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Reference style His Excellency
Spoken style Your Excellency
Alternative style Sir

References

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External links

The arms of Iñaki Urdangarín.



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