Career
Silver medallist at the 1985 World Judo Championships in open weight
Silver medallist at the 1987 World Judo Championships in heavy weight
In 1984, he lost the finals to Japan"s Yasuhiro Yamashita, who tore a right calf muscle in the preliminaries. Rashwan state that he did not aim for Yamashita"s right leg because he did not regard that as a fair play. The story was widely reported in both Japan and Egypt.
His first international participation was in 1972 in Czechoslovakia and Spain.
He trains the Arab Contractors Judo team