Iñaki Urdangarin
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Iñaki Urdangarin Liebaert (born 15 January 1968) is a retired Spanish handball player turned entrepreneur and the former husband of Infanta Cristina, younger daughter of King Juan Carlos and Queen Sofía. He was the brother-in-law of King Felipe VI. Urdangarin 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 courtesy title of consort Duke of Palma de Mallorca as the husband of Infanta Cristina. In June 2018 he was sentenced to 5 years and 10 months in prison; he was initially imprisoned in Ávila, but as of 2021, he was on supervised release.[1]
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Birth name | Iñaki Urdangarin Liebaert |
Nationality | Spanish |
Born | (1968-01-15) 15 January 1968 (age 56) Zumárraga, Basque Country, Spain |
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Children | 4 |
Parent(s) | Juan María Urdangarin Berriochoa Claire Françoise Liebaert Courtain |
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Sport | Handball |
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