Marius Myhre

Marius Myhre
Personal information
Birth name	Marius Myhre Fartum
Country	Norway
Born	(1991-11-21) 21 November 1991 (age 33)
Residence	Lørenskog, Norway[1]
Handedness	Right
Men's singles
Tournaments played	283 (136 wins–147 losses)
Highest ranking	80 (10 December 2015)
BWF profile

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.

Career

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

BWF International Challenge/Series

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

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.

External links

• Marius Myhre at BWF.TournamentSoftware.com (archived)