Seychelles made its Paralympic debut at the 1992 Summer Paralympics in Barcelona, Spain. Following these Games, they would be absent from the Paralympics for twenty-four years until the country received assistance from UK Sport in trying to establish a new National Paralympic Committee (NPC) in 2013 with a meeting held between NPC Rwanda President Dominique Bizimana and UK Sport Senior Adviser Elias Musangeya met with Seychelles' Social Affairs, Community Development and Sports Minister Vincent Meriton to discuss the feasibility of this. The Paralympic Association of Seychelles was formally established on 13 July 2013 and it became affiliated with the International Paralympic Committee. These Rio de Janeiro Paralympics were Seychelles' second appearance at a Summer Paralympiad. The 2016 Summer Paralympics were held from 7–18 September 2016 with a total of 4,328 athletes representing 159 NPCs taking part. The country sent one competitor to Rio de Janeiro, javelin thrower Cyril Charles. He was accompanied by coach Vincent Cedras and doctor Lucia Banane and they received sponsorship from Barclays Bank Seychelles to pay for their expenditure for the Games. Charles was chosen to be the flag bearer for the parade of nations during the opening ceremony.