Whakakī i te rerenga e whai ake nei: I a ia e rangatahi ana, i whakataetae a Väänänen mō Finland i te Pākehā Junior Championships i te tau 1998 me te World Junior Championships i te tau 1999 me te
Ko te 2000. I te taumata matua, kua tohu ia i te kapa Finland i roto i nga Toa o te Ao e rima, i whiwhi i te mētara hiriwa i te 2001 me te mētara parahi i te 2008. I te tau 2011 i riro i a ia he mētara koura.