He is best known for being the husband of Infanta Cristina, the youngest daughter of King Juan Carlos and Queen Sofia of Spain. Urdangarin was a professional handball player from 1986 to 2000. He won the Spanish National Championship in 1990 and the European Cup in 1996. He was also a member of the Spanish National Handball Team from 1988 to 2000. After retiring from handball, Urdangarin became the president of the Nóos Institute, a non-profit organization. In 2014, he was charged with fraud and embezzlement and sentenced to five years and ten months in prison. Inaki Urdangarin has a net worth of $10 million.
Inaki Urdangarin, Duke of Palma de Mallorca, is a Spanish retired handball player with a net worth of $10 million. He was born in Zumarraga, Basque Country, Spain in 1968 and was a professional handball player from 1986 to 2000, winning the Spanish National Championship in 1990 and the European Cup in 1996. He was also a member of the Spanish National Handball Team from 1988 to 2000. After retiring, Urdangarin became the president of the Nóos Institute, a non-profit organization. In 2014, he was charged with fraud and embezzlement and sentenced to five years and ten months in prison.
Inaki Urdangarin is a member of Olympians
Age, Biography and Wiki
💰 Net worth: $10 Million (2024)
Inaki is the son of Juan Maria Urdangarin Berriochoa and Claire Francoise Liebaert Courtain and has six siblings. He became a professional handball player at 18 years old and played for FC Barcelona Handbol until he retired in 2000. He played for the Spanish handball team at the Summer Olympics in 1992, 1996, and as the team captain in 2000. He won bronze medals with the team in both 1996 and 2000. Inaki received a master's degree in business administration from the Escuela Superior de Administracion y Direccion de Empresas in Barcelona.
Inaki met Duchess of Palma de Mallorca Infanta Cristina at the 1996 Olympic games and the two married in 1997. After marrying he became jure uxoris The Most Excellent The Duke of Palma de Mallorca. The couple has had four children. The Duke worked for Motorpress Iberica and was a founding partner of Noos Consultoria Estrategica. He became a member of the Spanish Olympic Committee in 2001 and received the Grand Cross of the Spanish Royal Order of Spots Merit the same year. He was involved in a corruption scandal in 2011 and accused of diverting public funds for his own profit.
