Jahr would later leave the Schmidt team to form his own team. He skipped the German team to a 9th place at the 1996 Ford World Men's Curling Championship and a 7th-place finish at the 2011 European Curling Championships. He skipped Germany at the 2012 World Men's Curling Championship to an 11th-place finish. Jahr then led Germany to an 11th-place finish at the 2013 European Curling Championships.