Lucas Pellas

{{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–

| clubs3 = Montpellier Handball

| 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.{{Cite web|title=22 Lucas Pellas|url=https://www.handbollslandslaget.se/spelare/lucaspellas/|language=swedish}}

He participated at the 2020 European Championship,{{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 }} the 2021 World Championship,{{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}} the 2020 Summer Olympics,{{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}} the 2022 European Championship,{{Cite web|title=Team Roster|url=https://res.ehf.eu/doxtore/GV1EcTaGtlIr1-bg1Q70Rw|access-date=30 January 2022|website=EHF}} the 2023 World Championship,{{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}} and the 2024 European Championship.{{Cite web |title=Roster |url=https://ehfeuro.eurohandball.com/men/2024/teams/details/u2UA_11fSK5vcURmh111Fw/sweden/ |access-date=28 January 2024 |website=EHF}}

In February 2025 he tore his Achilles tendon, and is expected out in 6 to 12 months..{{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}}

==Honours==

• Coupe de France:
• {{silver medal}}: 2021, 2023

;Individual awards

• All-Star Team as Best Left wing of Handbollsligan: 2018/19,{{Cite news|title=ALL STAR TEAM I HANDBOLLSLIGAN 2018/19|language=Swedish|url=https://handbollsligan.se/nyheter/all-star-team-i-handbollsligan-2018-19/}} 2019/20{{Cite news|title=ALL STAR TEAM – VÄNSTERSEX: LUCAS PELLAS|language=Swedish|url=https://handbollsligan.se/nyheter/all-star-team-vanstersex-lucas-pellas/}}
• "Årets Komet" 2020