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Papară started snowboarding after a car accident. Snowboarding made his life more normal. It was more like life before his accident. He started using a new knee prosthesis in 2012. It was exhausting. By 2018, things had changed. Papară had participated in a lot more races. He had more experience.
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Papară was in a car accident in 3 September 2005. Because of the accident, doctors amputated his leg. After the accident, he tried to live a normal life. He tried to make sure his amputation did not mean he could not do things he wanted to do. He said, "The recovery after such an accident, after
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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
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in 2015. The money increased because
Romanians did well in international competitions. Because the costs to compete are very high, the money was still not enough. There are few sponsors for disabled sportspeople in Romania. The Paralympic Games do not get much media coverage. This makes it very
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for twelve sports. Snowboarding became their thirteenth sport. This happened after
Mihaita Papara asked the Committee Chairperson Sally Wood Lamont to support him. In 2016, the budget for the Romanian National Paralympic Committee increased. The year of the Summer Paralympics, their budget was
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February, Papară went to a World Cup in Canada. He was in the banked slalom and snowboard cross races. He said it was important people in Romania saw him snowboarding. He thinks it will help change people's mind about what people with disabilities can do. He wants to be a
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The snowboard cross event starts on 12 March. It starts at 10:30 AM and goes to 5:00 PM for all classes for both men and women. The slalom race is scheduled to take place on 16 March. It goes from 10:30 AM - 4:55 PM. Men and women in all classes are racing at that time.
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was better. He entered his first international snowboard race in
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an amputation is very difficult and lasting. If I were to give advice to a person in the same situation, I would tell them to start a physical activity, to start sport as soon as possible."
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423:"Mihăiţă Papară, reprezentatul României la parasnowboard la PyeongChang: „Vocea aceea mică, ce uneori zice „Stai, ce faci, e prea riscant, o să te răneşti, renunţă!" era asurzitoare""
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