Rola El Haress (; born March 5, 1983) is a Lebanese former swimmer, who specialized in sprint freestyle events. El Haress competed for

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in the women's 100 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 1:00.00. She challenged seven other swimmers in heat one, including 15-year-olds

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of Kenya and

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of Mauritius. She raced to the second seed in a time of 1:03.26, more than three seconds outside her personal best. El Haress failed to advance into the semifinals, as she placed forty-eighth overall in the prelims.

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1983 births Living people Lebanese female swimmers Olympic swimmers for Lebanon Swimmers at the 2000 Summer Olympics Lebanese female freestyle swimmers Sportspeople from Beirut {{Lebanon-swimming-bio-stub