Pedzisa mutsara unotevera:
1980 IAAF World Cross Country Championships yakamuita wechipiri wechiGerman kuhwina menduru yemunhu mumakwikwi, mushure megoridhe ra1977 menduru Detlef Uhlemann. Kupedza kwaOthmann kunoramba kuri kwakanakisisa kwakamboitwa nomumhanyi weGermany. Orthmann aigara ari pakati pevarume vekuWest Germany vaiita zvakanaka pamakwikwi muma1970 nema1980, achiwana mapoinzi echikwata pamwe nevamwe vanosanganisira Michael Karst, Christoph Herle, Michael Scheytt naRalf Salzmann. Kuguma kwavo kwakanaka mumakwikwi echikwata kwakanga kuri nzvimbo yechina, yakawanikwa muna 1977 na1979.