Marius Myhre Fartum (born 21 November 1991) is a Norwegian badminton player.[2] He is affiliated with Haugerud IF and has won nine Norwegian National Championships title, seven consecutive men's singles title from 2013–2019, 1 in the mixed and men's doubles respectively.[3] Myhre won his first senior international title at the 2015 Norwegian International.

Marius Myhre
Personal information
Birth nameMarius Myhre Fartum
CountryNorway
Born (1991-11-21) 21 November 1991 (age 32)
ResidenceLørenskog, Norway[1]
HandednessRight
Men's singles
Tournaments played283 (136 wins–147 losses)
Highest ranking80 (10 December 2015)
BWF profile

Career

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Myhre started practicing badminton at the age of ten, introduced and trained by his father, Rune Fartum, who also played badminton. He plays in the men's singles. He participated in the 2013, 2015 and 2017 BWF World Championships. He won his first international title at the home soil 2015 Norwegian International tournament, a feat no home player has achieved since Jim Ronny Andersen in 2000.[4]

Myhre now works as a coach in Haugerud IF.[5]

Achievements

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BWF International Challenge/Series

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Men's singles

Year Tournament Opponent Score Result
2014 Riga International   Raul Must 5–14 retired   Runner-up
2015 Portugal International   Kazumasa Sakai 13–21, 13–21   Runner-up
2015 Mercosul International   Kevin Cordón 14–21, 17–21   Runner-up
2015 Norwegian International   Patrick Bjerregaard 21–19, 21–15   Winner
2016 Croatian International   Wisnu Haryo Putro 14–21, 22–20, 21–13   Winner
  BWF International Challenge tournament
  BWF International Series tournament
  BWF Future Series tournament

References

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  1. ^ Holterhuset, Martin (10 January 2014). "Klar for badminton-EM". www.rb.no (in Norwegian). Retrieved 16 April 2021.
  2. ^ "Players: Marius Myhre". bwfbadminton.com. Badminton World Federation. Retrieved 11 October 2016.
  3. ^ Bryhn, Rolf; Sundby, Jørn (23 October 2020). "badminton (norgesmestere)". snl.no (in Norwegian). Retrieved 16 April 2021.
  4. ^ Phelan, Mark (15 November 2015). "Magical Myhre & Dahl lift singles titles". www.badmintoneurope.com. Retrieved 16 April 2021.
  5. ^ "Marius Myhre Fartum ny hovedtrener for Haugerud Badminton". haugerudif.no (in Norwegian). Retrieved 16 April 2021.
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