The Most Famous

HANDBALL PLAYERS from Egypt

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This page contains a list of the greatest Egyptian Handball Players. The pantheon dataset contains 420 Handball Players, 4 of which were born in Egypt. This makes Egypt the birth place of the 24th most number of Handball Players behind Slovenia, and South Korea.

Top 4

The following people are considered by Pantheon to be the most legendary Egyptian Handball Players of all time. This list of famous Egyptian Handball Players is sorted by HPI (Historical Popularity Index), a metric that aggregates information on a biography’s online popularity.

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1. Ahmed El-Ahmar (b. 1984)

With an HPI of 36.42, Ahmed El-Ahmar is the most famous Egyptian Handball Player.  His biography has been translated into 11 different languages on wikipedia.

Ahmed Moustafa Nasr El-Ahmar (also known as Ahmed Elahmar, Egyptian Arabic: احمد الاحمر; born 27 January 1984) is an Egyptian handball player for captains club Zamalek SC and the Egyptian national team.

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2. Yahia Omar (b. 1997)

With an HPI of 36.07, Yahia Omar is the 2nd most famous Egyptian Handball Player.  His biography has been translated into 15 different languages.

Yahia Khaled Mahmoud Fathy Omar (Arabic: يحيى خالد محمود فتحي عمر; born 9 September 1997) is an Egyptian handball player for Paris Saint-Germain and the Egyptian national team. He participated in the World Men's Handball Championship in 2017, 2019 and 2021.

Photo of Karim Handawy

3. Karim Handawy (b. 1988)

With an HPI of 32.75, Karim Handawy is the 3rd most famous Egyptian Handball Player.  His biography has been translated into 10 different languages.

Karim Handawy (Arabic: كريم هنداوي; born 1 May 1988) is an Egyptian handball player for Saudi Arabian Al Safa Club and the Egyptian national team. He represented Egypt at the World Men's Handball Championship in 2015, 2017, 2019, 2021, and 2023 and in the 2020 and 2016 Summer Olympics.

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4. Mohammad Sanad (b. 1991)

With an HPI of 32.32, Mohammad Sanad is the 4th most famous Egyptian Handball Player.  His biography has been translated into 12 different languages.

Mohammad Hisham Sanad (Arabic: محمد هشام سند; born 16 January 1991) is an Egyptian handball player for USAM Nîmes Gard and the Egyptian national team. He was a member of the Egypt men's national handball team at the 2016 Summer Olympics, and at the World Men's Handball Championship in 2017, 2019 and 2021.

People

Pantheon has 4 people classified as Egyptian handball players born between 1984 and 1997. Of these 4, 4 (100.00%) of them are still alive today. The most famous living Egyptian handball players include Ahmed El-Ahmar, Yahia Omar, and Karim Handawy. As of April 2024, 4 new Egyptian handball players have been added to Pantheon including Ahmed El-Ahmar, Yahia Omar, and Karim Handawy.

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