Lars Christiansen (handballer)

Lars Roslyng Christiansen (born April 18, 1972 in Sønderborg) is a former Danish team handball player.[1] He is European Champion, winning the 2008 European Men's Handball Championship and 2012 European Men's Handball Championship with the Danish national handball team.[2] He was top scorer at the 2008 championship together with Nikola Karabatic and Ivano Balić, and was also voted into the 2008 All-star team.

Lars Christiansen
Personal information
Full name	Lars Roslyng Christiansen
Born	18 April 1972 Sønderborg, Denmark
Nationality	Danish
Height	1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Playing position	Left wing
Club information
Current club	Retired
Youth career
Years	Team
1976-1990	Vidar Sønderborg
Senior clubs
Years	Team
1990-1992	Ribe HK
1992-1996	KIF Kolding
1996-2010	SG Flensburg-Handewitt
2010-2012	KIF Kolding
National team ^1
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1992-2012	Denmark	338	(1503)
Medal record Representing  Denmark Men's Handball World Championship 2011 Sweden Team 2007 Germany Team European Championship 2008 Norway Team 2012 Serbia Team 2002 Sweden Team 2004 Slovenia Team 2006 Switzerland Team
^1 National team caps and goals correct as of 30 January 2012

Christiansen has played 338 games for the Danish national team,[3] and scored 1503 goals.[4] 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, and was part of the team when the club won the German championship in 2004, and won the EHF Cup in 1997. In his 14 years with SG Flensburg-Handewitt 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.

Trophies

Club Team

• EHF Champions League:
  •  Silver: 2004, 2007
• German Championship:
  •  Gold: 2004
• DHB-Pokal:
  •  Gold: 2003, 2004, 2005
• EHF Cup:
  •  Gold: 1997
• EHF Cup Winner's Cup:
  •  Gold: 2001
• EHF City Cup:
  •  Gold: 1999
• Danish Championship:
  •  Gold: 1993, 1994
• German Bundesliga Topscorer: 2005,2003

National Team

• IHF World Championship:
  •  Silver: 2011
  •  Bronze: 2007
• EHF European Championship:
  •  Gold: 2008, 2012
  •  Bronze: 2002, 2004, 2006

Individual awards

• All-Star Left wing of the European Championship: 2008
• Top Scorer of the European Championship: 2008
• Top Scorer of the Handball-Bundesliga: 2003, 2005

References

1. Hare, Hans-Henrik (31 May 2012). "Bevæget Lars Christiansen: Det er slut". Ekstrabladet (in Danish). Retrieved 2012-05-31.
2. "Denmark" Archived 2014-02-03 at the Wayback Machine – European Handball Federation (Retrieved on February 5, 2012)
3. "HERRE A-LANDSKAMPE". håndbold.info. Archived from the original on 2014-12-13.
4. "HERRE A-LANDSKAMPSMÅL". håndbold.info. Archived from the original on 2014-12-13.