Lars Christiansen (handballer)

{{Infobox handball biography

| name = Lars Christiansen

| image = Lars Christiansen 07.jpg

| image_size = 200px

| caption = Christiansen in 2007

| full_name = Lars Roslyng Christiansen

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1972|04|18|df=y}}

| birth_place = Sønderborg, Denmark

| nationality = Danish

| height = 1.82 m

| position = Left wing

| currentclub = KIF Kolding (sport director)

| clubnumber =

| youthyears1 = 1976-1990

| youthclubs1 = Vidar Sønderborg

| years1 = 1990-1992

| clubs1 = Ribe HK

| years2 = 1992-1996

| clubs2 = KIF Kolding

| years3 = 1996-2010

| clubs3 = SG Flensburg-Handewitt

| years4 = 2010-2012

| clubs4 = KIF Kolding

| nationalyears1 = 1992-2012

| nationalteam1 = Denmark

| nationalcaps1 = 338

| nationalgoals1 = 1503

| manageryears1 = 2019–2023

| managerclubs1 = SG Flensburg-Handewitt (sport director)

| manageryears2 = 2023–

| managerclubs2 = KIF Kolding (sport director)

| ntupdate = 20 July 2023

| medaltemplates =

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}}

Lars Roslyng Christiansen (born 18 April 1972) is a former Danish team handball player.{{cite news |first=Hans-Henrik |last=Hare |title=Bevæget Lars Christiansen: Det er slut |date=31 May 2012 |url=http://ekstrabladet.dk/sport/haandbold/article1768696.ece |work=Ekstrabladet |access-date=31 May 2012 |language=Danish}} 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.[http://www.ehf-euro.com/Denmark.141.0.html "Denmark"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140203083016/http://www.ehf-euro.com/Denmark.141.0.html |date=3 February 2014 }} – European Handball Federation (Retrieved on 5 February 2012) 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 Danish national team,{{cite web |url=http://www.haslund.info/haandbold/herre/aovs/arangk.asp |title=HERRE A-LANDSKAMPE |work=håndbold.info |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20141213053351/http://www.haslund.info/haandbold/herre/aovs/arangk.asp |archivedate=13 December 2014}} and scored 1503 goals.{{cite web |url=http://www.haslund.info/haandbold/herre/aovs/arangm.asp |title=HERRE A-LANDSKAMPSMÅL |work=håndbold.info |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141213065251/http://www.haslund.info/haandbold/herre/aovs/arangm.asp |archive-date=13 December 2014}} 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.{{Citation |title=Se Lars Christiansen og Sofie Kruuse i en rumba - TV 2 |url=https://underholdning.tv2.dk/video/TGFyczA1MTAy |language=da-DK |access-date=11 April 2021}}