 At the 2016 Russian Nationals he won two matches (Azamat Tuskaev of RNO-Alania and Nikolay Okhlopkov of Sakha) but the Dagestani team then refused to compete after not accepting the decision made in the final match between Viktor Lebedev of Sakha Yakutia and Ismail Musukaev of Kabardino-Balkaria.Rashidov competed at the 2016 European Wrestling Championships in Riga, Latvia.There he beat Yuriy Holub of Israel, Levan Vartanov of Spain and in the quarterfinals Georgi Vangelov of Bulgaria, three times by technical fall.