Verner Weckman

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Medal record
Men's Greco-Roman wrestling
Olympic Games
Gold	1908 London	light heavyweight
Intercalated Games
Gold	1906 Athens	middleweight
Silver	1906 Athens	overall

Johan Verner Weckman (July 26, 1882 – February 22, 1968) was a Finish sport wrestler who competed in the 1906 Summer Olympics and in the 1908 Summer Olympics.

He was born in Loviisa in a family of farmer. He took Abitur in Helsinki 1902. Inspired by circus wrestlers Weckman started to practice Greco-Roman wrestling and won his first Finnish championship in 1904 against Verner Järvinen. In 1905 Weckman went to Germany University of Karlsruhe and won the inofficial World championship in Duisburg in the same year.

In 1906 he became the first Finnish Olympics winner against Austrian Rudolf Lindmayer, as he won the gold medal in the Greco-Roman middleweight class as well as the silver medal in the overall competition.

Two years later he won the gold medal in the Greco-Roman light heavyweight event in London Olympics.

Weckman worked as engineer in Russia 1909–1917 and later in Suomen Kaapelitehdas Oy, where he served as long time executive director until 1955. Weckman was awarded the title of Vuorineuvos for his long career in 1953. He died in Helsinki.