Marella Mamoun (; born 16 May 1982) is a Syrian former swimmer, who specialized in middle-distance freestyle events. Mamoun competed only in the women's 200 m freestyle at the

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. She received a ticket from

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, under a Universality program, in an entry time of 2:16.17. She participated in heat one against two other swimmers Nisha Millet of India and

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of Honduras. She rounded out a small field of swimmers to last place in a time of 2:18.78, trailing behind leader Millet by almost ten seconds. Mamoun failed to advance into the semifinals, as she placed thirty-ninth overall in the prelims.

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1982 births Living people Syrian female swimmers Olympic swimmers for Syria Swimmers at the 2000 Summer Olympics Syrian female freestyle swimmers Sportspeople from Damascus Swimmers at the 1998 Asian Games Asian Games competitors for Syria {{Syria-swimming-bio-stub