Romania at the 2018 Winter Paralympics
Laura Văleanu is Papară's role model.  Her amputation is similar to his.  She was a skier.  She represented Romania at the 2010 Winter Paralympics.  Those were the first Winter Paralympics Romania went to. Sport was a passion for her.  It assisted in her recovery. Papară tried to do the same as Văleanu.  Sport became a way to regain life.