Cameroon has a history of competing internationally in powerlifting dating back to at least 2006, when the sport appeared on the 2006 African Francophone Games for the Handicapped program.
[1] At the 2015 edition, at least three para-sports events were contested including the javelin throw from athletics, table tennis and powerlifting.
[2] Cameroon sent a delegation to the 2006 African Francophone Games for the Handicapped, where two sports on the program were wheelchair basketball and powerlifting.
[4][5][6] Cameroon was originally scheduled to host them in July of that year, but the Ministry of Sports and Physical Education postponed them because of poor facilities and lack of access to quality equipment.
Events on the program included athletics, powerlifting, table tennis and traditional blind wrestling.
Their finish in Eger earned the country eight spots at the 2014 IPC Powerlifting World Championships in Dubai.
[16] Prior to 2011, the country had limited participation abroad as a result of domestic factors related to the NPC.
Following major changes to the CNPC in August 2011, Cameroon emerged from its relative international isolation and set about participating in qualifying efforts for the 2012 Summer Paralympics in London.
Five lifters competed in the 2011 IPC Fazza Powerlifting-Dubai, with Conrat Frederic Atangana ultimately earning a qualifying berth for London following the competition.
In 2011, national team para-sports people for athletics and powerlifting trained on a dirt covered esplandande at Stade Omnisport de Yaoundé.