Due to the start of World World War II and cancellation of the Olympics in both 1940 and 1944, he was forced to wait until the 1948 Summer Olympics to prove himself again. He was the second Egyptian to earn two medals, after Farid Simaika, who earned them in diving at the 1928 Summer Olympics. 1936, bronze medal, 1936 Berlin, Featherweight, with 300 kg, behind Anthony Terlazzo, United States of America, 312.5 kg and Saleh Soliman, Egypt, 305 kg.
1938, World Championships in Vienna, Lightweight, with three invalid attempts.
1946, 5 course, world championship in Paris, Featherweight, with 295 kg. 1948, Gold Medal, 1936 London, with 360 kg, behind Attia Hamouda, Egypt, with 360 kg but heavier and James Halliday, United Kingdom, with 340 kg.
1949, The World Cup in Cheveningen, lightweight, with 352.5 kg, behind Joe Pitman, United States of America, with 342.5 kg and Arvid Andersson, Sweden, with 322.5 kg. 1951, The World Cup in Milan, lightweight, with 342.5 kg, behind Joe Pitman, 337.5 kg and Ferdows, Iran with 327.5 kg.
1951, The Mediterranean Games in Alexandria, with 342.5 (950, 1120, 1350) kg, behind Ermanno Pignati, Italy, 307.5 (850, 1000, 1225) kg, and Bahjat Dalloul, Syria 300.0 (950, 955, 1125) kg.