Lars Christiansen

Lars Roslyng Christiansen (born 18 April 1972) is a Danish former team handball player. He is European Champion, winning the 2008 European Men's Handball Championship and 2012 European Men's Handball Championship with the Denmark national team. 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.

Christiansen has played 338 games for the Denmark national team, and scored 1503 goals. He is currently the player with most games and most goals for the Denmark 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 Denmark national bed - 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: 2004, 2007 German Championship: 2004 DHB-Pokal: 2003, 2004, 2005 EHF Cup: 1997 EHF Cup Winner's Cup: 2001 EHF City Cup: 1999 Danish Championship: 1993, 1994

National team IHF World Championship: 2011 2007 EHF European Championship: 2008, 2012 2002, 2004, 2006

Personal awards German Bundesliga Topscorer: 2005, 2003

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