Marius Fartum

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 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.

Myhre now works as a coach in Haugerud IF.

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