Lars Roslyng Christiansen (born April 18, 1972 in

Sønderborg (; german: Sonderburg ) is a Danish town in the Region of Southern Denmark. It is the main town and the administrative seat of Sønderborg Municipality (Kommune). The town has a population of 27,766 (1 January 2022),Danish Danish may refer to: * Something of, from, or related to the country of Denmark People * A national or citizen of Denmark, also called a "Dane," see Demographics of Denmark * Culture of Denmark * Danish people or Danes, people with a Danish a ...

team 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 ...

player. He is European Champion, winning the 2008 European Men's Handball Championship and

2012 European Men's Handball Championship The 2012 EHF European Men's Handball Championship was the tenth edition of the men's continental handball tournament, which was held in Serbia between 15 and 29 January 2012. Sixteen teams qualified for the event, including host nation Serbia, ...

with the Danish national handball team."Denmark"
– ''European Handball Federation'' (Retrieved on February 5, 2012) He was top scorer at the 2008 championship together with

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and

Ivano Balić Ivano Balić (; born 1 April 1979) is a Croatian former professional handballer who is currently working as assistant coach of the Croatia national handball team. He was voted five times in a row as the most valuable player in major internati ...

, and was also voted into the 2008 ''All-star team''. Christiansen has played 338 games for the Danish national team, and scored 1503 goals. He is currently the player with most games and most goals for the Danish national team. He played for the German club

SG Flensburg-Handewitt SG Flensburg-Handewitt is a professional handball club from Flensburg and Handewitt in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. Currently, they compete in the Handball-Bundesliga and EHF European League. They play home matches at Flens-Arena. Since form ...

, and was part of the team when the club won the German championship in 2004, and won the

EHF Cup The EHF European League is an annual men's handball club competition organised by the European Handball Federation (EHF) since 1981. It is the second-tier competition of European club handball, ranking only below the EHF Champions League. Prev ...

in 1997. In his 14 years with

he scored 3996 times, 1623 of these was scored from the 7 meter penalty spot. Lars Christiansen's cousin Jan Paulsen has played together with Lars Christiansen for the Danish national handball team - as playmaker. He has been married to former handballer, Christina Roslyng, who played at the Danish national handball team. Together, they have two sons, Frederik and August. They split up in 2009, however, as of 2012, they are back together. In 2018, he participated in the Danish version of Dancing with the Stars, Vild med dans, with the partner Sofie Kruuse.

Trophies

Club Team

EHF Champions League The Men's EHF Champions League is the most important club handball competition for men's teams in Europe and involves the leading teams from the top European nations. The competition is organised every year by EHF. The official name for the men ...

: **: 2004, 2007 * German Championship: **: 2004 *

DHB-Pokal The DHB-Pokal (English: German Handball Federation Cup) is an elimination handball tournament held annually in Germany. It is the second most important handball national title in the country after the Handball-Bundesliga The Handball-Bund ...

: **: 2003, 2004, 2005 *

: **: 1997 *

EHF Cup Winner's Cup The EHF Cup Winners' Cup was the official competition for men's and women's handball clubs of Europe that won their national cup, and took place every year. From the 2012–13 season, the men's competition was merged with the EHF Cup. Winners ...

: **: 2001 * EHF City Cup: **: 1999 * Danish Championship: **: 1993, 1994 *German Bundesliga Topscorer: 2005,2003

National Team

* IHF World Championship: **: 2011 **: 2007 * EHF European Championship: **: 2008,

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**: 2002, 2004, 2006

Individual awards

* All-Star Left wing of the European Championship:

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* Top Scorer of the European Championship:

* Top Scorer of the

Handball-Bundesliga The Handball-Bundesliga (HBL) is the top German professional handball league. From 2007 onwards, the league was sponsored by Toyota and has officially been called the ''Toyota Handball-Bundesliga''. This lasted until 2012 when the Deutsche Kr ...

: 2003, 2005

References

1972 births Living people SG Flensburg-Handewitt players People from Sønderborg Municipality Danish male handball players Olympic handball players of Denmark Handball players at the 2008 Summer Olympics KIF Kolding players Sportspeople from the Region of Southern Denmark {{denmark-handball-bio-stub

Trophies

Club Team

National Team

Individual awards

See also

References