Johan Verner Weckman (26 July 1882 – 22 February 1968) was a wrestler who was the first Finnish Olympic gold medalist.

[6] Weckman was the initiating force behind Finland sending a team to the 1906 Intercalated Games.

[5][7] He won gold in his class: The all-around event was exclusively for class-winners, and no physical medals were awarded for the three participants.

[13] Modern sportswriters Arto Teronen and Jouko Vuolle consider there to be plenty of circumstantial evidence in favour.

He briefly served in Westinghouse Electric Corporation in France in 1909 and then worked as a technical director in asbestos mining in the Ural Mountains until 1921.

Then he returned to Finland, where he worked at the Kaapelitehdas, first as a technical director in 1921–1937, then its chief executive officer in 1937–1955.

[25] Talouselämä magazine listed Weckman among the 100 most significant business executives of Finland's history in 2012.