Saidur Rahman Dawn

Saidur Rahman Dawn (born 18 January 1963) is a Bangladeshi sprinter. Self-taught, Dawn came to be regarded as "the fastest man in Bangladesh" and was sponsored to represent the country at the 1984 Summer Olympics. The nation's flagbearer in the opening ceremonies, he did not progress from the heats of the men's 100 and 200 metres races.

Biography Saidur Rahman Dawn was born on 18 January 1963 in Bangladesh. He was born into a family of five children, his father was a government worker.

Prior to the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, United States, he was a psychology student and lived in Rajshahi. The Bangladesh Olympic Association had received $5750 from the International Olympic Committee to fund equipment, housing, and flights to the Summer Games. Dawn was invited to be the only athlete for Bangladesh at the 1984 Summer Olympics as he was known as the "fastest man in Bangladesh", becoming the first Bangladeshi athlete to compete at an Olympic Games. At the Summer Games, he was designated as the nation's flagbearer for the opening ceremony. His goal was to qualify for at least a semi-final finish in an event he had entered.

He first competed in the heats of the men's 100 metres on 3 August. Dawn ran in a time of 11.25 seconds in the eighth heat and placed last in his heat of eight competitors, On the last week of the Games, the Bangladeshi delegation visited Disneyland, Knott's Berry Farm, and Universal Studios Hollywood.