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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| 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 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Current club | KIF Kolding (sport director) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1976-1990 | Vidar Sønderborg | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1990-1992 | Ribe HK | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1992-1996 | KIF Kolding | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1996-2010 | SG Flensburg-Handewitt | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2010-2012 | KIF Kolding | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1992-2012 | Denmark | 338 | (1503) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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2019–2023 | SG Flensburg-Handewitt (sport director) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2023– | KIF Kolding (sport director) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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1 National team caps and goals correct as of 20 July 2023 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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
editClub Team
edit- 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
edit- IHF World Championship:
- Silver: 2011
Bronze: 2007
- EHF European Championship:
- Gold: 2008, 2012
- Bronze: 2002, 2004, 2006
Individual awards
edit- All-Star Left wing of the European Championship: 2008
- Top Scorer of the European Championship: 2008
- Top Scorer of the Handball-Bundesliga: 2003, 2005
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ Hare, Hans-Henrik (31 May 2012). "Bevæget Lars Christiansen: Det er slut". Ekstrabladet (in Danish). Retrieved 31 May 2012.
- ^ "Denmark" Archived 2014-02-03 at the Wayback Machine – European Handball Federation (Retrieved on February 5, 2012)
- ^ "HERRE A-LANDSKAMPE". håndbold.info. Archived from the original on 13 December 2014.
- ^ "HERRE A-LANDSKAMPSMÅL". håndbold.info. Archived from the original on 13 December 2014.
- ^ Se Lars Christiansen og Sofie Kruuse i en rumba - TV 2 (in Danish), retrieved 11 April 2021
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