Latvia competed at the 2016 Summer Paralympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from 7 to 18 September 2016.

Every participant at the Paralympics has their disability grouped into one of five disability categories; amputation, the condition may be congenital or sustained through injury or illness; cerebral palsy; wheelchair athletes, there is often overlap between this and other categories; visual impairment, including blindness; Les autres, any physical disability that does not fall strictly under one of the other categories, for example dwarfism or multiple sclerosis.

[3] Latvia qualified one archer for the Rio Games following their performance at the 2015 World Archery Para Championships.

Ieve Melle earned the spot in the women's recurve open after defeating Czech archer Marketa Sidkova in straight sets.

[5] Eduards Pupels Qualification Legend: FA=Final A (medal); FB=Final B (non-medal); R=Repechage On 15 November 2016 Latvijas Pasts issued three different postage stamps to commemorate the three Latvian medal winners of the 2016 Paralympics, which makes it the first time in Latvian history that paralympics are commemorated with a postage stamp issue.