Answer the following question: Facts: - weight lb: 179 - career end: 2005 - ntl team: sui - position: defence - height in: 9 - league: nla - shoots: left - team: ehc basel - height ft: 5 - birth date: 01 may 1968 - career start: 1986 - former teams: kloten tigers flyers hc davos hc lugano hc fribourg-gotteron scl - birth place: unterseen , sui Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of samuel balmer .
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samuel balmer -lrb- born may 1 , 1968 -rrb- is a former swiss professional ice hockey defenceman who last played for ehc basel in switzerland 's national league a. sutter has participated as a member of the swiss national team in numerous international tournaments , including the 1992 winter olympics .