Lars Christiansen (handballer)

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Lars Christiansen
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Personal information
Full name Lars Roslyng Christiansen
Born (1972-04-18) 18 April 1972 (age 51)
Sønderborg, Denmark
Nationality Danish
Height 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Playing position Left wing
Club information
Current club KIF Kolding (sport director)
Youth career
YearsTeam
1976-1990
 Vidar Sønderborg
Senior clubs
YearsTeam
1990-1992
 Ribe HK
1992-1996
 KIF Kolding
1996-2010
 SG Flensburg-Handewitt
2010-2012
 KIF Kolding
National team 1
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1992-2012
 Denmark 338 (1503)
Teams managed
2019–2023
 SG Flensburg-Handewitt (sport director)
2023–
 KIF Kolding (sport director)
Medal record
Representing Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark
Men's Handball
World Championship
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2011 Sweden Team
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2007 Germany Team
European Championship
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2008 Norway Team
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2012 Serbia Team
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2002 Sweden Team
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2004 Slovenia Team
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2006 Switzerland Team
1 National team caps and goals correct
as of 20 July 2023

Lars Roslyng Christiansen (born April 18, 1972) 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.

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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.

In 2018, he participated in the Danish version of Dancing with the Stars, Vild med dans, with the partner Sofie Kruuse. [5]

Trophies

Club Team

National Team

Individual awards

See also

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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.
  5. ↑ Se Lars Christiansen og Sofie Kruuse i en rumba - TV 2 (in Danish), retrieved 2021-04-11
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