Agnete Kirk Thinggaard
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| Born | Agnete Kirk Kristiansen 18 May 1983 | ||||||||||||||
| Education | Aarhus University | ||||||||||||||
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Claus Thinggaard
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| Children | 3 | ||||||||||||||
| Parent | Kjeld Kirk Kristiansen | ||||||||||||||
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Agnete Kirk Thinggaard (née: Kristiansen; born 18 May 1983) is a Danish Olympic dressage rider.[1] Representing Denmark, she competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro where she finished 26th in the individual and 6th in the team competition.[2]
Kirk Thinggaard also competed at two editions of Dressage World Cup finals (in 2015 and 2016), achieving 11th and 9th place, respectively. Through 2020, she had made 103 starts in FEI-recognized events.[2]
She is the youngest daughter of former Lego CEO Kjeld Kirk Kristiansen,[3] the granddaughter of Godtfred Kirk Christiansen and great-granddaughter of the company founder Ole Kirk Christiansen. Together with her father, sister Sofie and brother Thomas, they split ownership of a 75% stake in the company.[4] According to Forbes, her net worth was estimated at $8 billion as of 2021.[4] According to Olympedia, she may be the wealthiest Olympian of all time.[2]
She married Claus Thinggaard in 2008 with whom she has three daughters.[5] The couple divorced in 2022.[6] She has a bachelor's degree in psychology from Aarhus University.[5][7]
References
- ↑ "Agnete Kirk Thinggaard". fei.org. Archived from the original on 28 August 2016. Retrieved 27 August 2016.
- 1 2 3 "Agnete Kirk Thinggaard". Olympedia. Archived from the original on 2025-02-21. Retrieved 2026-07-30.
- ↑ Agnete Kirk Thinggaard Archived 2017-10-28 at the Wayback Machine, V.I.P.EDIA – seoghoer.dk
- 1 2 "Agnete Kirk Thinggaard". Forbes. Archived from the original on 27 May 2023. Retrieved 2 January 2025.
- 1 2 Barefoot, Christian Krabbe (28 April 2013). "Her er de unge Lego-milliardærer" [Here are the young Lego billionaires]. B.T. (in Danish). Archived from the original on 20 February 2025. Retrieved 3 January 2025.
- ↑ Ness Aksnes, Elise Violeta (13 July 2024). "Arvingen er skilt - eksmannen får milliongods" [The heiress is divorced - her ex-husband gets a million-dollar estate]. Dagbladet (in Norwegian). Archived from the original on 16 July 2024. Retrieved 3 January 2025.
- ↑ "LEGO arvingerne" [LEGO The Heirs]. Berlingske (in Danish). 8 October 2008.
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