Midhun Jith (born April 2, 1989) is a Marine Engineering Officer and former two-time World Kickboxing Federation Champion who competes in the light heavyweight divisions. He is the only Indian to hold the World Kick boxing Championship and International Karate Championship at the same time, and he is the first Guinness World Record holder to win a World Kickboxing Federation World Championship.Midhun won the World Kickboxing Championship at Zagreb, Croatia in 2013, and broke two Guinness World Records for the maximum number of martial arts kicks. Midhun is a two-time International Karate Champion, Indo-Sri Lanka karate champion, seventeen-time National Karate Champion, twenty-one-time State Karate Champion, and three-time National Open fight champion. He won the Indian National Open Kickboxing Championship, and was the Best Fighter of 2012 in Karate. He won the King of Kumite title in 2012. He is the first Indian to have been trained by the professional fight team Golden Glory-Thailand. In 28 October 2011 he became the youngest martial artist to have held a Guinness world record and also he is the first Keralite to hold a World Championship in any combat sport. Jith is the chairman and managing director of Everardo Private Limited, co-founder and director of Loyce Enterprise Pvt Ltd. and a partner of Deeds International Group, specialised in trading of Iron & Steel world wide. Wikipedia
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