Till Lindemann was born in Leipzig, East Germany, but he grew up in the village of Wendisch-Rambow near Schwerin. His father was a children's poet named Werner Lindemann, and his mother, Brigitte "Gitta" Hildegard Lindemann, was a journalist and writer until she retired. Lindemann has one sister who is six years younger. At age 11 he went to a sports school at the Empor Rostock Sport Club, and from 1977 to 1980 attended a boarding school. His parents lived separately for career reasons after 1975.
In 1978, Lindemann was a participant in the European Junior Swimming Championships in Florence finishing 11th in the 1500 m freestyle, and seventh in the 400 m freestyle swimming a time of 4'17"58 - was shortlisted to go to 1980 Olympics in Moscow but discontinued the sport soon after because of an injury. According to Lindemann, "I never liked the sport school actually, it was very intense. But as a child you don't object." Lindemann later worked as an apprentice carpenter, a gallery technician, a peat cutter and a basket weaver.
PERSONAL LIFE
Lindemann's first daughter, Nele, was born in 1985, and it was mentioned in a German interview that he spent seven years as a single father. Lindemann has a second daughter with his ex-wife Anja Köseling, named Marie Louise, who was born in 1993. Lindemann has only mentioned his oldest daughter directly in interviews, and has conveyed a genuine love for her. Even though he is only confirmed to have fathered two children, in an interview with Playboy Magazine in 2006, Lindemann simply admitted that he had "a lot of children", due to numerous affairs and one-night-stands. Lindemann also mentioned in this interview that he was dating someone during that time, but was confirmed to have been dating a younger German model Sophia Thomalla in 2011.
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