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.
Lichtlein won the EHF Cup in 2006 with TBV Lemgo.
His nephew, Nils Lichtlein, is also a handball player for the German national team.