Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Gwargwadon azurfa a 1980 IAAF World Cross Country Championships
ya sanya shi kawai Jamusawa na biyu da ya lashe lambar yabo ta mutum a gasar, bayan Detlef Uhlemann wanda ya lashe lambar tagulla a shekarar 1977. Orthmann ya gama ya kasance mafi kyau a kowane lokaci ta wani dan wasan Jamus. Orthmann ya kasance a cikin mafi kyawun mazajen Yammacin Jamus a gasar a cikin 1970s da 1980s, yana zira kwallaye ga ƙungiyar tare da wasu ciki har da Michael Karst, Christoph Herle, Michael Scheytt da Ralf Salzmann. Mafi kyawun kammalawarsu a gasar ƙungiya ita ce matsayi na huɗu, wanda aka samu a 1977 da 1979.