{{short description|Swedish handball player (born 1995)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=August 2024}} {{Infobox handball biography | name = Lucas Pellas | fullname = Lucas Kenneth Pellas | image = Lucas Pellas of Sweden (52624769900).jpg | image_size = 300px | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1995|8|28|df=y}} | birth_place = Stockholm, Sweden | nationality = Swedish | height = 1.84 m | position = Left wing | currentclub = Montpellier Handball | clubnumber = 10 | years1 = 2014–2016 | clubs1 = Hammarby IF | years2 = 2016–2020 | clubs2 = Lugi HF | years3 = 2020–2026 | clubs3 = Montpellier Handball | years4 = 2026– | clubs4 = GOG Håndbold | nationalyears1 = 2019– | nationalteam1 = Sweden | nationalcaps1 = 78 | nationalgoals1 = 251 | ntupdate = 5 January 2025 | medaltemplates = {{MedalCompetition|European Championship}} {{MedalGold|2022 Hungary/Slovakia|}} {{MedalBronze|2024 Germany|}} {{MedalCompetition|World Championship}} {{MedalSilver|2021 Egypt|}} }} '''Lucas Kenneth Pellas''' (born 28 August 1995) is a Swedish handball player for Montpellier Handball and the Swedish national team.<ref>{{Cite web|title=22 Lucas Pellas|url=https://www.handbollslandslaget.se/spelare/lucaspellas/|language=swedish}}</ref>
He won gold medals with Sweden at the 2022 European Championship<ref>{{Cite web|title=Team Roster|url=https://res.ehf.eu/doxtore/GV1EcTaGtlIr1-bg1Q70Rw|access-date=30 January 2022|website=EHF}}</ref>. He also participated at the 2020 European Championship,<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://livecache.sportresult.com/node/binaryData/HBL_PROD/HBEC20M/PDF_ROSTER_SWE.PDF |title=2020 European Men's Handball Championship squad |access-date=4 June 2020 |archive-date=11 January 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200111153557/https://livecache.sportresult.com/node/binaryData/HBL_PROD/HBEC20M/PDF_ROSTER_SWE.PDF |url-status=dead }}</ref> the 2021 World Championship,<ref>{{Cite web|title=Egypt 2021, 27th men's handball world championship|url=https://www.ihf.info/competitions/men/308/27th-ihf-mens-world-championship-2021/22415/teams/131}}</ref> the 2020 Summer Olympics,<ref>{{Cite web|title=Team Roster|url=https://www.ihf.info/sites/default/files/competitions/f5a584e9-afc3-4b1a-8f71-a429f73fdbf9/pdf/SWE.PDF?n=1627985082|access-date=3 August 2021|website=IHF}}</ref> the 2023 World Championship,<ref>{{Cite web |title=Team Roster |url=https://www.ihf.info/sites/default/files/competitions/7056e0a8-af84-4726-82cd-026a1e3a0562/pdf/SWE.PDF?n=1675036310 |access-date=30 January 2023 |website=IHF}}</ref> and the 2024 European Championship.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Roster |url=https://ehfeuro.eurohandball.com/men/2024/teams/details/u2UA_11fSK5vcURmh111Fw/sweden/ |access-date=28 January 2024 |website=EHF}}</ref>
In February 2025 he tore his Achilles tendon, and is expected out in 6 to 12 months.<ref>.{{cite web|url=https://www.aftonbladet.se/sportbladet/a/lwarQM/handboll-lucas-pellas-svart-fotskadad|publisher=Aftonbladet|title=Pellas drog hälsenan – kan bli borta ett år|first=Johan|last=Flinck|language=sv|date=4 February 2025|accessdate=4 February 2025}}</ref>
In February 2026 he announced that he would join Danish club GOG Håndbold after the 2025-26 season to replace Frederik Bjerre who had been sold to Wisla Plock.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://sport.tv2.dk/live/haandbold/2025-09-14-seneste-nyt-fra-em-dansk-og-international-haandbold/gog-praesenterer-svensk-landsholdsfloej?entry=d948a75f-3f95-4004-8940-2e06144ed998|publisher=TV2 Danmark|title=GOG præsenterer svensk landsholdsfløj|date=17 February 2026|access-date= 17 February 2026|language=da}}</ref>
==Honours== * '''EHF European League''': **{{silver medal}}: 2025 * '''Coupe de France''': **{{gold medal}}: 2025 **{{silver medal}}: 2021, 2023
;Individual awards * All-Star Team as Best Left wing of Handbollsligan: 2018/19,<ref>{{Cite news|title=ALL STAR TEAM I HANDBOLLSLIGAN 2018/19|language=Swedish|url=https://handbollsligan.se/nyheter/all-star-team-i-handbollsligan-2018-19/}}</ref> 2019/20<ref>{{Cite news|title=ALL STAR TEAM – VÄNSTERSEX: LUCAS PELLAS|language=Swedish|url=https://handbollsligan.se/nyheter/all-star-team-vanstersex-lucas-pellas/}}</ref> * "Årets Komet" 2020
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Pellas, Lucas}} Category:1995 births Category:Living people Category:Handball players from Stockholm Category:Swedish male handball players Category:Lugi HF players Category:Montpellier Handball players Category:Hammarby IF Handboll players Category:Handball players at the 2020 Summer Olympics Category:Olympic handball players for Sweden Category:Swedish people of Finnish descent Category:Handball players at the 2024 Summer Olympics Category:Swedish expatriate handball players in France Category:21st-century Swedish sportsmen
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