{{short description|Danish handball player (born 1978)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=December 2025}} {{Infobox handball biography | name = Christina Roslyng | fullname = Christina Roslyng Hansen | image = | caption = | nationality = Danish | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1978|7|10|df=y}} | birth_place = Juelsminde, Denmark | height = 169 cm | weight = 60 kg | position = Left Wing | clubnumber = | youthyears1 = | youthclubs1 = | years1 = 1995–1997 | clubs1 = Horsens HK | years2 = 1997–2003 | clubs2 = Viborg HK | years3 = 1997–2003 | clubs3 = Kolding IF | years4 = 2003–2005 | clubs4 = Viborg HK | years5 = 2005–2007 | clubs5 = SønderjyskE Håndbold | years6 = 2007–2008 | clubs6 = Viborg HK | nationalyears1 = 1998–2004 | nationalteam1 = Denmark | nationalcaps1 = 129 | nationalgoals1 = 299 | managerclubs1 = Klakring IF | manageryears1 = 2016–2019 | managerclubs2 = Denmark Women's Team Team leader | manageryears2 = 2019–2023 | medaltemplates = {{MedalSport| Women's handball}} {{MedalCountry| {{DEN}} }} {{MedalCompetition|Olympic Games}} {{MedalGold| 2000 Sydney| Team }} {{MedalCompetition|European Championship}} {{MedalGold | 2002 Denmark| Team competition}} {{MedalSilver | 1998 Netherlands| Team competition}} }} '''Christina Roslyng Christiansen''' ({{nee}} Roslyng Hansen, born 10 July 1978) is a Danish former team handball player. She is an Olympic champion and European champion. She received a gold medal with the Danish national team at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney<ref name=db-ol2000-handball>[http://www.databaseolympics.com/games/gamessport.htm?g=25&sp=HAN "2000 Summer Olympics – Sydney, Australia – Handball"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080407003620/http://www.databaseolympics.com/games/gamessport.htm?g=25&sp=HAN|date=7 April 2008 }} – ''databaseOlympics.com'' (Retrieved on 10 December 2008)</ref><ref name=sports-ref>{{cite web|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418024801/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ro/christina-roslyng-1.html |title=Profile: Christina Roslyng |work=sports.reference.com |access-date=10 December 2008}}</ref> and the 2002 European Championship.
She was included in the European Handball Federation Hall of Fame in 2023.<ref name="hof">{{cite web |url=https://www.eurohandball.com/en/news/en/legendary-players-enter-the-hall-of-fame-of-european-handball/ |publisher=European Handball Federation|website=www.eurohandball.com|title=Legendary Players Enter the Hall of Fame of European Handball|date=26 June 2023|accessdate=27 June 2023}}</ref>
==Career== Roslyng started playing handball at the age of 11 and moved to Horsens HK in 1995.<ref name="hof2">{{cite web|url=https://www.eurohandball.com/en/what-we-do/hall-of-fame/christina-roslyng-christiansen/|publisher=European Handball Federation|title=Christina Roslying Christiansen|accessdate=28 January 2025}}</ref>
At the age of 19 in 1997 she joined Viborg HK. Shere she won four Danish Championships and the 1999 EHF European League.<ref name="hof2"/>
She then joined first Kolding KIF and them SønderjyskE Håndbold, before returning to Viborg for a single year, where she won her fifth Danish Championship.<ref name="hof2"/>
==Post-playing career== She has been the coach at Klakring IF, an amateur club from Klakring, a small town near Juelsminde in central Jutland.<ref name="hof2"/>
From 2019 to 2023 Roslyng was part of the staff around the Danish Women's national team.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Kristensen|first=Thomas Møller|date=9 December 2021|title=Comeback hos håndboldkvinderne: Ja, Roslyng slæber også vanddunke, men hun er langtfra den klassiske holdleder|url=https://jyllands-posten.dk/sport/handbold/ECE13533278/ja-roslyng-slaeber-ogsaa-vanddunke-men-hun-er-langtfra-den-klassiske-holdleder/|access-date=29 August 2024|website=Jyllands-Posten|language=da}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Orup Kristensen|first=Oliver|date=17 December 2023|title=Landsholdets mor stopper – og hun bliver virkelig savnet|url=https://sport.tv2.dk/haandbold/2023-12-12-landsholdets-mor-stopper-og-hun-bliver-virkelig-savnet|access-date=29 August 2024|website=TV 2|language=da-DK}}</ref>
==Personal life== She is married to handballer Lars Christiansen. Together, they have two sons, Frederik and August. They split up in 2009, however, as of 2012, they are back together.
In 2006, she won the Danish version of Dancing With the Stars, Vild med dans, with the partner Steen Lund.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Rimestad|first=Christian|date=22 November 2018|title=Christina Roslyng: Vild med dans fyldte op på mit selvværds-barometer|url=https://hsfo.dk/artikel/christina-roslyng-vild-med-dans-fyldte-op-p%C3%A5-mit-selvv%C3%A6rds-barometer|access-date=11 April 2021|website=hsfo.dk|language=da}}</ref>
==References== {{reflist}} {{Navboxes |title=Denmark squads | bg = #e11b22 | fg = white | bordercolor= white |list1= {{Denmark squad 1998 European Women's Handball Championship}} {{Denmark squad 1999 World Women's Handball Championship}} {{Denmark squad 2000 European Women's Handball Championship}} {{Denmark squad 2000 Summer Olympics}} {{Denmark squad 2001 World Women's Handball Championship}} {{Denmark squad 2002 European Women's Handball Championship}} {{Denmark squad 2003 World Women's Handball Championship}} }} {{DEFAULTSORT:Roslyng, Christina}} Category:1978 births Category:Living people Category:Danish women's handball players Category:Female handball coaches Category:Danish handball coaches Category:Olympic gold medalists for Denmark Category:Handball players at the 2000 Summer Olympics Category:Viborg HK players Category:KIF Kolding players Category:SønderjyskE Damehåndbold players Category:Olympic medalists in handball Category:Medalists at the 2000 Summer Olympics Category:Handball players from the North Jutland Region' Category:People from Hedensted Municipality Category:Vild med dans winners