Ómar Ingi Magnússon
Ómar Ingi Magnússon (born 12 March 1997) is an Icelandic handball player for SC Magdeburg and the Icelandic national handball team. In 2021, he was named the Icelandic Sportsperson of the Year. Club career. In the summer of 2014 he switched over to Valur where he was supposed to be apart of the youth setup. He soon started to breakthrough to the first team and earned a squad role, at age 17. He proceeded to play 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. In 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. 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 2021 and the IHF Super Globe in 2021. He was the top scorer in the Handball-Bundesliga 2020/21, with 274 goals. His superb performance in 2021 earned  him the award of Icelandic Sportsperson of the Year. International career. He participated at the 2017 World Men's Handball Championship. 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. It was also France's biggest loss in the history of the European championship.