Harrison Skeete

Harrison Skeete (1 October 1921 – 5 April 2008) was a Caribbean-American weightlifter.

Biography Skeete was born on October 1, 1921, in Trinidad. He began weightlifting in his teens, competed locally and internationally for Trinidad from the late 1930s till 1955, including at the 1951 Pan American Games, the 1952 Helsinki Olympics, and the 1954 British Empire and Commonwealth Games.

In 1955, Skeete moved to the United States, where he continued to compete in weightlifting while working for the US Post Office and later as a personal trainer with handicapped Olympics.