Benjamin Steffen

Steffen at the 2014 Paris World Cup

Personal information

Full name

Benjamin Thomas Steffen

Nickname(s)

Beni

Born

8 March 1982 (age 41)
Basel, Switzerland

Height

1.89 m (6 ft 2 in)

Weight

83 kg (183 lb)

Sport

Country

Switzerland

Sport

Fencing

Weapon

Épée

Hand

left-handed

National coach

Gianni Muzio

Club

Fechtgesellschaft Basel

Head coach

Manfred Beckmann

Former coach

Angelo Mazzoni

FIE ranking

current ranking

Medal record

World Championships

	2018 Wuxi	Team
	2017 Leipzig	Team
	2011 Catania	Team
	2014 Kazan	Team
	2015 Moscow	Team
	2019 Budapest	Team
European Championships
	2004 Copenhagen	Team
	2012 Legnano	Team
	2013 Zagreb	Team
	2014 Strasbourg	Team
	2009 Plovdiv	Team

Benjamin Steffen (born 8 March 1982) is a Swiss left-handed épée fencer, three-time team European champion, 2018 team world champion, and 2016 Olympian.^[1]

Between 2006 and 2016, Steffen won two silver medals and two bronze medals at FIE Men's Épée Grands Prix.

Between 2007 and 2009, Steffen won one silver medal and two bronze medals at FIE Men's Épée World Cups.

Steffen began fencing at the age of 7 on his brother Andreas' suggestion. His sister Tabea is also an épée fencer.

Medal Record

World Championship

Year	Location	Event	Position
2011	Catania, Italy	Team Men's Épée	3rd^[2]
2014	Kazan, Russia	Team Men's Épée	3rd^[3]
2015	Moscow, Russia	Team Men's Épée	3rd^[4]
2017	Leipzig, Germany	Team Men's Épée	2nd^[5]
2018	Wuxi, China	Team Men's Épée	1st^[6]
2019	Budapest, Hungary	Team Men's Épée	3rd^[7]

European Championship

Year	Location	Event	Position
2009	Plovdiv, Bulgaria	Team Men's Épée	2nd^[8]
2012	Legnano, Italy	Team Men's Épée	1st^[9]
2013	Zagreb, Croatia	Team Men's Épée	1st^[10]
2014	Strasbourg, France	Team Men's Épée	1st^[11]
2015	Montreux, Switzerland	Team Men's Épée	3rd^[12]

Grand Prix

Date	Location	Event	Position
2006-03-10	Stockholm, Sweden	Individual Men's Épée	2nd^[13]
2008-03-07	Stockholm, Sweden	Individual Men's Épée	3rd^[14]
2015-03-20	Budapest, Hungary	Individual Men's Épée	3rd^[15]
2016-04-22	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	Individual Men's Épée	2nd^[16]

World Cup

Date	Location	Event	Position
2006-06-03	Lisbon, Portugal	Individual Men's Épée	3rd^[17]
2007-06-08	Caguas, Puerto Rico	Individual Men's Épée	2nd^[18]
2009-02-07	Lisbon, Portugal	Individual Men's Épée	3rd^[19]