Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Cape Verde yakatanga kupinda mumitambo yeParalympic paMitambo yeParalympic yeZhizha ya2004 kuAthens. Nyika iyi yave ichipinda mumitambo yese yeParalympic kubvira ipapo, zvichiita kuti Rio de Janeiro ive yechina kutora chikamu muParalympiad yeZhizha. Kupinda muMitambo yeZhizha yeRio, Cape Verde yakanga isina kuwana menduru yayo yokutanga paMitambo yeParalympics. Mitambo yeParalympics yeZhizha ya2016 yakaitwa kubva musi wa7 kusvika musi wa18 Gunyana 2016 nevatambi vanosvika 4 328 vaimiririra 159 National Paralympic Committees vachitora chikamu. Cape Verde yakatumira vatambi vaviri kuRio de Janeiro: mutambi wenhangemutange Gracelino Barbosa uye mutambi wepfumo Márcio Fernandes. Vatambi vaviri ava vakabatanidzwa nachef de mission uye purezidhendi weComité Caboverdeano Desp. Para Deficientes Rodrigo Bejarano, varairidzi Carlos Fernandes naSerafim Gadelho uye chiremba wepanyama asingazivikanwi. Nhume yacho yakabva kuCape Verde ichienda kuRio de Janeiro musi wa28 August. Fernandes akasarudzwa semutakuri wemureza wenyika dzakawanda panguva ye
mhemberero yokuzarura.