Ómar Ingi Magnússon (born 12 March 1997) is an Icelandic

handball Handball (also known as team handball, European handball or Olympic handball) is a team sport in which two teams of seven players each (six outcourt players and a goalkeeper) pass a ball using their hands with the aim of throwing it into the g ...

player for

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and the Icelandic national handball team. In both 2021 and 2022, he was named the

Icelandic Sportsperson of the Year The Icelandic Sportsperson of the Year ( is, Íþróttamaður ársins) is an annual award given to the best Icelandic sportsperson of the year. The winner is selected by the Icelandic Association of Sports Journalists. It was first given in 1956 to ...

Club career

In summer 2014 he switched over to

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where he was supposed to be a part of the youth setup. He soon started to break through to the first team and earned a squad role, at age 17. He played there until 2016 when he transferred to the Danish club

Aarhus Håndbold Aarhus Håndbold was a handball club from Aarhus, Denmark. The club was founded in 2001 originally under the name Århus GF, as an extension of the traditional Aarhus clubs AGF, Brabrand IF, VRI and Århus KFUM/YMCA / Hasle. AGF chose later to ...

after an impressive season in Iceland where he was chosen young player of the year. At the beginning of the 2018/19 season in Denmark he transferred to league rivals

Aalborg Håndbold Aalborg Handball ( da, Aalborg Håndbold) is a handball club from Aalborg, Denmark that competes in the Danish Handball League. Aalborg Håndbold play their home games in the Gigantium arena in Aalborg – known as Jutlander Bank Arena for sponsor ...

, joining fellow nationals

Janus Daði Smárason Janus Daði Smárason (born 1 January 1995) is an Icelandic handball player for Kolstad Håndball and the Icelandic national handball team. He participated at the 2017 World Men's Handball Championship The 2017 IHF World Men's Handball Champ ...

, Arnór Atlason and coach Aron Kristjánsson. With Aalborg he won the

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competition in 2018 and the Danish championship in 2019 and 2020. For the 2020/21 season he moved to the German Bundesliga club

. With Magdeburg he won the EHF European League in

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and the IHF Super Globe in

. He was the top scorer in the Handball-Bundesliga 2020/21, with 274 goals. His superb performance in 2021 earned him the award of

. In

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he got a silver medal in EHF European League, and became German Champion with Magdeburg. He was voted

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in the Handball-Bundesliga 2021/22. In 2022 he won the

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again with Magdeburg. Yet again he was given the award of Icelandic Sportsperson of the Year in 2022.

International career

He participated at the

2017 World Men's Handball Championship The 2017 IHF World Men's Handball Championship was the 25th event hosted by the International Handball Federation. The event was held in France from 11 to 29 January 2017. France, in a clean sweep, defended their title by defeating Norway 33–26 ...

. On 22 January 2022, he scored 10 goals in a 29–21 victory against

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in the

2022 European Men's Handball Championship The 2022 EHF European Men's Handball Championship was the 15th edition of the tournament and the second to feature 24 national teams. It was co-hosted in two countries – Hungary and Slovakia – from 13 to 30 January 2022. It was won by Sweden ...

, despite Iceland missing eight players due to

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. It was also France's biggest loss in the history of the European championship.

References

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* 1997 births Living people Omar Ingi Magnusson Omar Ingi Magnusson Omar Ingi Magnusson UMF Selfoss handball players Valur men's handball players SC Magdeburg players {{Iceland-bio-stub