{{Redirect|Lichtlein|his nephew, also a German handball player|Nils Lichtlein}} {{short description|German handball player (born 1980)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=August 2024}} {{Infobox handball biography | name = Carsten Lichtlein | image = Ernennung von Heiner Brand und Carsten Lichtlein als Kölner Sportbotschafter-49817.jpg | nationality = German | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1980|11|4|df=y}} | birth_place = Würzburg, Germany | height = {{height|m=2.02|precision=0}} | position = Goalkeeper | currentclub = | clubnumber = | years1 = | clubs1 = TG Heidingsfeld | years2 = {{0|0000}}–2000 | clubs2 = TV Kirchzell | years3 = 2000–2005 | clubs3 = TV Großwallstadt | years4 = 2005–2013 | clubs4 = TBV Lemgo | years5 = 2013–2019 | clubs5 = VfL Gummersbach | years6 = 2019–2020 | clubs6 = HC Erlangen | years7 = 2020–2022 | clubs7 = GWD Minden | nationalyears1 = 2001–2016 | nationalteam1 = Germany | nationalcaps1 = 220 | nationalgoals1 = 1 | medaltemplates = {{MedalCompetition|World Championship}} {{MedalGold|2007 Germany|}} {{MedalSilver|2003 Portugal|}} {{MedalCompetition|European Championship}} {{MedalGold|2004 Slovenia|}} {{MedalGold|2016 Poland|}} }} '''Carsten Lichtlein''' (born 4 November 1980) is a former German handball player and goalkeeper. He is a World champion from 2007 with the German national team, a European champion from 2004 and from 2016 and participated on the German team that finished 4th at the 2008 European Men's Handball Championship.<ref>[http://dhb.de/nationalteams/maenner/spieler/detailseiten-spieler/carsten-lichtlein/persoenliche-daten.html DHB profile]</ref><ref>[http://www.ehf-euro.com/mens-euro-2008/teams/group-c/germany.html "Germany"] – ''European Handball Federation (2008)'' (Retrieved on February 5, 2008)</ref>
==Club player== Lichtlein won the EHF Cup in 2006 with TBV Lemgo.
==Private life== His nephew, Nils Lichtlein, is also a handball player for the German national team.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://handball.esv1927.de/esv-talent-nils-lichtlein-wechselt-zu-den-fuechsen-berlin/ |publisher=ESV 1927 Regensburg|website=handball.esv1927.de|title=ESV-Talent Nils Lichtlein wechselt zu den Füchsen Berlin|accessdate=7 January 2023|language=de}}</ref>
==Achievements== *'''European Championship''': **{{gold medal}}: 2016
==References== {{Reflist}} {{Germany squad 2003 World Men's Handball Championship}} {{Germany squad 2004 European Men's Handball Championship}} {{Germany squad 2012 European Men's Handball Championship}} {{Germany squad 2015 World Men's Handball Championship}} {{Germany squad 2016 European Men's Handball Championship}}
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