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.

[1][2] Lichtlein won the EHF Cup in 2006 with TBV Lemgo.

His nephew, Nils Lichtlein, is also a handball player for the German national team.

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