Ómar Ingi Magnússon

This is an Icelandic name. The last name is patronymic, not a family name; this person is referred to by the given name Ómar Ingi.
Ómar Ingi Magnússon
Personal information
Born (1997-03-12) 12 March 1997 (age 27)
Selfoss, Iceland
Nationality Icelandic
Height 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Playing position Right back/wing
Club information
Current club SC Magdeburg
Number 14
Youth career
Years Team
–2013
 Selfoss
Senior clubs
Years Team
2013–2014
 Selfoss
2014–2016
 Valur
2016–2018
 Aarhus Håndbold
2018–2020
 Aalborg Håndbold
2020–
 SC Magdeburg
National team
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2016–
 Iceland 56 (150)

Ómar Ingi Magnússon (born 12 March 1997) is an Icelandic handball player for SC Magdeburg and the Icelandic national handball team.[1] In both 2021 and 2022, he was named the Icelandic Sportsperson of the Year.[2][3][4]

Club career

In summer 2014 he switched over to Valur 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.[5] He played there until 2016 when he transferred to the Danish club Aarhus Håndbold 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, joining fellow nationals Janus Daði Smárason, Arnór Atlason and coach Aron Kristjánsson.[6] With Aalborg he won the Danish Cup competition in 2018 and the Danish championship in 2019 and 2020.

For the 2020/21 season he moved to the German Bundesliga club SC Magdeburg. With Magdeburg he won the EHF European League in 2020/21 and the IHF Super Globe in 2021. He was the top scorer in the Handball-Bundesliga 2020/21, with 274 goals.[7] His superb performance in 2021 earned him the award of Icelandic Sportsperson of the Year[8][9] and Icelandic Handball player of the Year.[10]

In 2021/22 he became German Champion with Magdeburg, and got a silver medal in EHF European League. He was voted MVP in the Handball-Bundesliga 2021/22.[11] In 2022 he won the IHF Super Globe again with Magdeburg. Yet again he was given the award of Icelandic Sportsperson of the Year [4] and Icelandic Handball player of the Year.[12]

He won the 2022–23 EHF Champions League, although injured and couldn't play in the Final four.

International career

He participated at the 2017 World Men's Handball Championship.[13] On 22 January 2022, he scored 10 goals in a 29–21 victory against France in the 2022 European Men's Handball Championship, despite Iceland missing eight players due to COVID-19.[14] It was also France's biggest loss in the history of the European championship.[15]

Honours

Individual awards

References

  1. ^ "2018 European Championship roster" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 January 2018. Retrieved 5 June 2018.
  2. ^ Helga Margrét Höskuldsdóttir (29 December 2021). "Ómar Ingi Magnússon er íþróttamaður ársins". RÚV (in Icelandic). Retrieved 22 January 2022.
  3. ^ Sindri Sverrisson; Atli Arason (29 December 2021). "Ómar Ingi íþróttamaður ársins". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 22 January 2022.
  4. ^ a b c "Stórkostlegt og þvílíkur heiður". Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic). 29 December 2022. Retrieved 30 December 2022.
  5. ^ "Morgunblaðið - Íþróttir (29.12.2014) - Tímarit.is". timarit.is. Retrieved 14 January 2022.
  6. ^ "Morgunblaðið - Íþróttir (01.12.2017) - Tímarit.is". timarit.is. Retrieved 14 January 2022.
  7. ^ a b "MAGNUSSON MIT 274 TREFFERN TORSCHÜTZENKÖNIG DER BUNDESLIGA". SCM-handball (in German). Retrieved 27 June 2021.
  8. ^ a b "IHF "Hugely honoured" Ómar Ingi Magnússon named Sports Personality of the Year in Iceland". www.ihf.info. Retrieved 14 January 2022.
  9. ^ "Ómar Ingi íþróttamaður ársins 2021". Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic). 29 December 2021. Retrieved 22 January 2022.
  10. ^ a b "HSÍ | Ómar og Rut eru handknattleiksfólk ársins". hsi.is. Retrieved 19 June 2023.
  11. ^ a b ""DKB MVP 2021/22": OMAR INGI MAGNUSSON ZUM BESTEN SPIELER DER SAISON GEWÄHLT". liquimoly-hbl.de. Retrieved 27 June 2022.
  12. ^ a b "HSÍ | Handknattleiksfólk ársins 2022". hsi.is. Retrieved 19 June 2023.
  13. ^ "25th Men's World Championship 2017" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 August 2017. Retrieved 24 January 2017.
  14. ^ Sigurður Orri Kristjánsson (22 January 2022). "Ómar Ingi: Vorum alvöru lið í kvöld". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 22 January 2022.
  15. ^ Sigurður Orri Kristjánsson (22 January 2022). "Stærsta tap Frakka í sögu EM". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 22 January 2022.


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