Marius Myhre Fartum (born 21 November 1991) is a Norwegian badminton player. 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. Myhre won his first senior international title at the 2015

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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

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and

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. He won his first international title at the home soil 2015

tournament, a feat no home player has achieved since

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in 2000. Myhre now works as a coach in Haugerud IF.

Achievements

BWF International Challenge/Series

''Men's singles'' :

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tournament :

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tournament :

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tournament

References

External links

* 1991 births Living people People from Lørenskog Sportspeople from Akershus Norwegian male badminton players Badminton coaches {{Norway-badminton-bio-stub