John "Johnny" Jahr (born 10 April 1965 in

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) is a retired

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curler.

Career

Jahr was the

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of the German team at the 1984 World Junior Curling Championships, where he led the team to a 7th-place finish. After juniors, he was picked up by

Rodger Gustaf Schmidt Rodger Gustaf Schmidt (born 20 June 1952) is a former German curler and curling coach. He is a former World men's runner-up (), European men's curling champion () and two-time German men's curling champion (1987, 1992). In 1994 he founded the ...

to play

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for him. It was as a member of the Schmidt team that Jahr won a gold medal at the 1985

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and a silver medal at the 1987 Hexagon World Men's Curling Championship. The team represented Germany at the 1990 European Curling Championship as well, but placed tenth. 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 The 1996 World Men's Curling Championship (branded as 1996 Ford World Men's Curling Championship for sponsorship reasons) was held at Copps Coliseum in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada from March 23–31, 1996. Teams Round robin standings Round rob ...

and a 7th-place finish at the

2011 European Curling Championships The 2011 Le Gruyère European Curling Championships were held in Moscow, Russia from December 2 to 10.2012 World Men's Curling Championship The 2012 World Men's Curling Championship was held from March 31 to April 8, 2012 at St. Jakobshalle in Basel, Switzerland. The 2012 World Men's Championship was one of the curling events that is a qualifier for the curling tournament at the 2014 ...

to an 11th-place finish. Jahr then led Germany to an 11th-place finish at the

2013 European Curling Championships The 2013 European Curling Championships were held from November 22 to 30 at the Sørmarka Arena in Stavanger, Norway. Norway last hosted the European Curling Championships in 1990. The Group C competitions were held in October at the Tårnby Curl ...

. Germany's poor performances in recent World Championships failed to automatically qualify the nation for the

2014 Winter Olympics , ''Zharkie. Zimnie. Tvoi'') , nations = 88 , events = 98 in 7 sports (15 disciplines) , athletes = 2,873 , opening = 7 February 2014 , closing = 23 February 2014 , opened_by = President Vladimir Putin , cauldron = , stadium = Fisht Olympic ...

. However, Jahr led Germany to a surprising win at the Olympic qualifying tournament, giving the team a berth at the Olympics. At the Olympic Games, Jahr led Germany to a 10th-place finish with a 1–8 record. Jahr also played at the

2014 World Men's Curling Championship The 2014 World Men's Curling Championship was held from March 29 to April 6 at the Capital Indoor Stadium in Beijing, China. Norway's Thomas Ulsrud defeated Sweden's Oskar Eriksson in the final with a score of 8–3, securing his first world tit ...

, where Germany finished in eighth place with a 5–6 win–loss record. Jahr announced his retirement from international curling at the conclusion of the round robin at the World Championship.

Personal life

Jahr owns part of the German publishing company

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, which was co-founded by his grandfather. Jahr also owns a real estate company and is a shareholder in multiple casinos. He took time off from curling beginning in the late 1990s to focus on his business interests. Jahr's father founded

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References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Jahr, John German male curlers Living people 1965 births Curlers at the 2014 Winter Olympics Olympic curlers for Germany Sportspeople from Hamburg German magazine publishers (people) Gruner + Jahr people European curling champions