Cameroon sent a delegation to compete at the 2016 Summer Paralympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from 7 to 18 September 2016.

[3] Cameroon sent one athlete to compete at the Rio de Janeiro Paralympics: shot put thrower Christian Gobe.

[4] He was accompanied by the president of the Cameroonian National Paralympic Committee Jean Jacques Ndoudoudmou and five other unnamed officials.

[9] Christian Gobe contracted polio at the age of four and the complications of the disease left him disabled and he has used a wheelchair since.

[1][10] Before the Paralympics, Gobe said he felt it was his responsibility to be in Rio de Janeiro and he wanted to demonstrate to others that people with disabilities can play sport, "Come see us, you will realize that sometimes we provide more efforts than valid to achieve our goals.