Haiti participated in three Summer Paralympic Games between its début at the 2008 Summer Paralympics in Beijing and the 2016 Summer Paralympics in Rio de Janeiro. Entering the 2016 competition, the highest number of para-athletes sent by Haiti to a Summer Paralympics is three to the 2012 Games in London. No Haitian para-athlete has ever won a medal at the Summer Paralympics. Haiti participated in the Rio Summer Paralympics from 7 to 18 September 2016. The Comité National Paralympique d'Haïti (CNPH) sent a single shot put thrower to the Games, Jean Indris Santerre, and was accompanied by chef de mission Tony Régis, Samuel Charles and Fabiola Sénord and two other officials; all six departed for Rio de Janeiro on 31 August. Only one para-athlete was sent because Haiti did not have the required funding for more than one competitor in the Paralympics and not taking part in Rio de Janeiro would have meant the CNPH would have risked its accreditation and license being revoked by the International Paralympic Committee (IPC). Santerre was the selected as the flag bearer for the opening ceremony.