Facts: - birth date: 8 march 1982 - weight: 83 kg lb - natlcoach: gianni muzio - caption: steffen at the 2014 paris world cup - height: 1.89 m ft in - name: benjamin steffen - website: -lsb- http://benisteffen.ch/ benisteffen.ch -rsb- - birth place: basel - fieranking: -lsb- http://fie.org/fencers/fencer/6086 current ranking -rsb- - headcoach: manfred beckmann - weapon: Epee - image: benjamin steffen 2014 trophee monal t113831.jpg - fullname: benjamin thomas steffen - formercoach: angelo mazzoni - nationality: swiss - residence: basel - hand: left-handed - nickname: beni - club: fechtgesellschaft basel Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of benjamin steffen .
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benjamin steffen -lrb- born 8 march 1982 -rrb- is a swiss epee fencer , four-time european team champion -lrb- 2004 , 2012 , 2013 , and 2014 -rrb- and team bronze medallist in the 2011 and 2014 world championships .he won the silver medal in individual epee at the 2003 summer universiade .steffen began fencing at the age of 7 on his brother andreas ' suggestion .his sister tabea is also an epee fencer .