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{{short description|Icelandic handball player (born 1997)}}
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{{icelandic name|Ómar Ingi}}
{{Infobox handball biography
| name = Ómar Ingi Magnússon
| image = 2024-10-27 Handball TVB Stuttgart - SC Magdeburg by mroptimax-13.jpg
| nationality = Icelandic
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1997|3|12|df=y}}
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'''Ómar Ingi Magnússon''' (born 12 March 1997) is an Icelandic [[handball]] player for [[SC Magdeburg]] and the [[Iceland men's national handball team|Icelandic national handball team]].<ref>
==Club career==
In summer 2014 he switched over to [[Valur (handball)|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.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Morgunblaðið - Íþróttir (29.12.2014) - Tímarit.is|url=https://timarit.is/page/6300835?iabr=on#page/n0/mode/2up/search/%22%C3%93mar%20Ingi%20Magn%C3%BAsson%22/inflections/true|access-date=2022-01-14|website=timarit.is}}</ref> 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]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Morgunblaðið - Íþróttir (01.12.2017) - Tímarit.is|url=https://timarit.is/page/6962047?iabr=on#page/n3/mode/2up/search/%22%C3%93mar%20Ingi%20Magn%C3%BAsson%22/inflections/true|access-date=2022-01-14|website=timarit.is}}</ref> With Aalborg he won the [[Danish Men's Handball Cup|Danish Cup]] competition in 2018 and the [[Danish Men's Handball League|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 EHF European League|2020/21]] and the IHF Super Globe in [[2021 IHF Men's Super Globe|2021]]. He was the top scorer in the [[2020–21 Handball-Bundesliga|Handball-Bundesliga 2020/21]], with 274 goals.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|title=MAGNUSSON MIT 274 TREFFERN TORSCHÜTZENKÖNIG DER BUNDESLIGA|url=https://www.scm-handball.de/news/news-detail-page/magnusson-mit-274-treffern-torschuetzenkoenig-der-bundesliga|access-date=27 June 2021|website=SCM-handball|language=German}}</ref> His superb performance in 2021 earned him the award of [[Icelandic Sportsperson of the Year]]<ref name=":2">{{Cite web|title=IHF "Hugely honoured" Ómar Ingi Magnússon named Sports Personality of the Year in Iceland|url=https://www.ihf.info/media-center/news/hugely-honoured-omar-ingi-magnusson-named-sports-personality-year-iceland|access-date=2022-01-14|website=www.ihf.info}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Ómar Ingi íþróttamaður ársins 2021 |url=https://www.mbl.is/sport/frettir/2021/12/29/omar_ingi_ithrottamadur_arsins_2021/ |access-date=22 January 2022 |work=[[Morgunblaðið]] |date=29 December 2021 |language=Icelandic}}</ref> and Icelandic Handball player of the Year.<ref name=":4">{{Cite web |title=HSÍ {{!}} Ómar og Rut eru handknattleiksfólk ársins |url=https://www.hsi.is/hsi-omar-og-rut-eru-handknattleiksfolk-arsins/ |access-date=19 June 2023 |website=hsi.is}}</ref>
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==International career==
He participated at the [[2017 World Men's Handball Championship]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://livecache.sportresult.com/node/binaryData/HB_PROD/HBWC17M/PDF_ROSTER_ISL.PDF |title=25th Men's World Championship 2017 |accessdate=24 January 2017 |archive-date=17 August 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170817205711/http://livecache.sportresult.com/node/binaryData/HB_PROD/HBWC17M/PDF_ROSTER_ISL.PDF |url-status=dead }}</ref> On 22 January 2022, he scored 10 goals in a 29–21 victory against [[France men's national handball team|France]] in the [[2022 European Men's Handball Championship]], despite Iceland missing eight players due to [[COVID-19]].<ref>{{cite news |author1=Sigurður Orri Kristjánsson |title=Ómar Ingi: Vorum alvöru lið í kvöld |url=https://www.visir.is/g/20222212188d |access-date=22 January 2022 |work=[[Vísir.is]] |date=22 January 2022 |language=Icelandic}}</ref> It was also France's biggest loss in the history of the European championship.<ref>{{cite news |author1=Sigurður Orri Kristjánsson |title=Stærsta tap Frakka í sögu EM |url=https://www.visir.is/g/20222212228d/staersta-tap-frakka-i-sogu-em |access-date=22 January 2022 |work=[[Vísir.is]] |date=22 January 2022 |language=Icelandic}}</ref>
==Honours==
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[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Icelandic male handball players|Omar Ingi Magnusson]]
[[Category:Icelandic expatriate sportspeople in Denmark|Omar Ingi Magnusson]]▼
[[Category:Aalborg Håndbold players|Omar Ingi Magnusson]]
[[Category:UMF Selfoss handball players]]
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[[Category:SC Magdeburg players]]
[[Category:Icelandic expatriate handball players in Germany]]
[[Category:People from Selfoss]]
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