STEFFEN Benjamin

Date of Birth: 8 Mar 1982

Age: 39

Gender: Male

Place of birth: BASEL

Birth Country:

Switzerland

Place of residence : BASEL

Residence Country:

Switzerland

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Fencing	Men's Épée Individual	29
	Men's Épée Team SUI Switzerland	8

Schedule

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
	Makuhari Messe Hall B Green Piste	Men's Épée Individual Table of 64 #18 ROC SUKHOV PSUKHOV Pavel 12 SUI STEFFEN BSTEFFEN Benjamin 15	Finished
	Makuhari Messe Hall B Green Piste	Men's Épée Individual Table of 32 #41 UKR REIZLIN IREIZLIN Igor 15 SUI STEFFEN BSTEFFEN Benjamin 11	Finished
	Makuhari Messe Hall B Yellow Piste	Men's Épée Team Quarterfinal 2 #10 KOR Republic of Korea 44 SUI Switzerland 39	Finished
	Makuhari Messe Hall B Yellow Piste	Men's Épée Team Classifications 5-8 #13 FRA France 45 SUI Switzerland 37	Finished
	Makuhari Messe Hall B Red Piste	Men's Épée Team Placement 7-8 #17 ITA Italy 36 SUI Switzerland 34	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

Olympic Games

Year	Location	Epee Individual	Epee Team
2016	Rio de Janeiro, BRA	4	6

World Championships

Year	Location	Epee Individual	Epee Team
2019	Budapest, HUN	28	3
2018	Wuxi, CHN	7	1
2017	Leipzig, GER	19	2
2015	Moscow, RUS	21	3
2014	Kazan, RUS	32	3
2013	Budapest, HUN	43	9
2012	Kiev, UKR	-	5
2011	Catania, ITA	39	3
2010	Paris, FRA	99	17
2009	Antalya, TUR	101	5
2007	St. Petersburg, RUS	63	9
2005	Leipzig, GER	22	13
2003	Havana, CUB	102	17
2002	Lisbon, POR	58	16
2001	Nimes, FRA	31	9

European Championships

Year	Location	Epee Individual	Epee Team
2019	Dusseldorf, GER	66	6
2018	Novi Sad, SRB	38	4
2017	Tbilisi, GEO	18	8

World Cup overview - Three best ranks per season since 2016/2017

Year	Epee Individual	Epee Team
2020/2021	1 x 56th	1 x 8th
2019/2020	1 x 26th	1 x 3rd, 1 x 7th, 1 x 9th
2018/2019	1 x 27th, 1 x 43rd, 1 x 50th	1 x 1st, 1 x 2nd, 1 x 5th
2017/2018	1 x 13th, 1 x 53rd, 1 x 60th	1 x 3rd, 1 x 6th, 1 x 8th
2016/2017	1 x 17th, 2 x 34th, 1 x 36th	1 x 6th

Grand Prix overview - Three best ranks per season since 2016/2017

Year	Epee Individual
2019/2020	1 x 62nd
2017/2018	1 x 51st, 1 x 61st
2016/2017	1 x 34th, 1 x 35th, 1 x 36th

World Cup & Grand Prix - Ten best performances since 2016/2017

Rank	Year	Event	Competition	Location
1	2018/2019	Epee Team	World Cup	Paris, FRA
2	2018/2019	Epee Team	World Cup	Buenos Aires, ARG
3	2019/2020	Epee Team	World Cup	Heidenheim, GER
3	2017/2018	Epee Team	World Cup	Heidenheim, GER
5	2018/2019	Epee Team	World Cup	Bern, SUI
6	2017/2018	Epee Team	World Cup	Legnano, ITA
6	2016/2017	Epee Team	World Cup	Paris, FRA
7	2019/2020	Epee Team	World Cup	Bern, SUI
8	2020/2021	Epee Team	World Cup	Kazan, RUS
8	2018/2019	Epee Team	World Cup	Heidenheim, GER
8	2017/2018	Epee Team	World Cup	Paris, FRA

Beni, Benji, Bensel (fechtgesellschaftbasel.ch, 2015)

Reading, listening to music, sport. (Facebook page, 17 Jun 2019)

Occupation:

Physical Education - University of Basel, Switzerland

Wife Isabelle Forrer, one son

Languages spoken:

English, German

Fechtgesellschaft Basel [Switzerland]

Silvio Fernandez [national]; Paul Fausser [national]

Left (benisteffen.ch, 23 Jul 2019)

Sporting relatives:

His wife Isabelle Forrer represented Switzerland in beach volleyball at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro. His twin sister Tabea Steffen competed for Switzerland in fencing, and was a travelling reserve for the women's epee team that won silver at the 2000 Olympic Games in Sydney. (bernerzeitung.ch, 29 Dec 2020; Isabelle Forrer Twitter profile, 08 Mar 2020)

A foot injury meant he had to pull out of the team competition at the 2021 World Cup event in Kazan, Russian Federation. (Fechtgesellschaft Basel Facebook page, 27 Mar 2021)

In August 2005 he tore both cruciate ligaments and the lateral ligament in his left knee. He was unable to compete for eight months. (benisteffen.ch, 01 Jan 2012)

He began fencing in 1989. (benisteffen.ch, 23 Jul 2019)

His brother started fencing and got him involved in the sport. (benisteffen.ch, 2014)

To win a gold medal at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. (bernerzeitung.ch, 29 Dec 2020)

Ukrainian pole vaulter Sergey Bubka, US boxer Muhammad Ali, US basketball player Michael Jordan. (benisteffen.ch, 23 Jul 2019)

Coaches Manfred Beckmann and Gianni Muzio. (bernerzeitung.ch, 29 Dec 2020; benisteffen.ch, 23 Jul 2019; fencingeuro2015.com, 10 Jun 2015)

He received the Challenge Eugene Empeyta Award from the Swiss Fencing Federation in recognition of his results at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro. (swiss-fencing.ch, 25 Feb 2017)

In 2012 and 2016 he was named Sportsman of the Year in Basel, Switzerland. (bzbasel.ch, 10 Jan 2017, 13 Jan 2013)

General Interest

General
RETIREMENT PLANS
He intends to retire after competing at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo, where he is aiming for gold in both individual and team epee. He feels he still has unfinished business at the Olympic Games, having placed fourth in individual epee at the 2016 Games in Rio de Janeiro. "I still have a bill open with my fourth place in Rio. I feel in better shape than in the first two years after Rio. But then it is enough. Finally, there should also be something else happening in my life. I couldn't have borne it if I had to watch my teammates in Tokyo on the sofa at home. Especially since I contributed a lot to this Olympic starting place." (bernerzeitung.ch, 29 Dec 2020; benisteffen.ch, 23 Jul 2019; suedostschweiz.ch, 09 Jun 2019; coopzeitung.ch, 12 Mar 2018)

OCCUPATION
He teaches physical education and English at a grammar school in Basel, Switzerland. (bernerzeitung.ch, 29 Dec 2020)

Social Media

https://www.facebook.com/baensche
Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/benisteffen
https://instagram.com/beni_steffen/
https://twitter.com/benisteffen
Athlete Website: http://www.benisteffen.ch

Legend

:: Gold Medal Event
:: Silver Medal Event
:: Bronze Medal Event

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