Tusi se faʻaauau mo lenei palakalafa - Mikko Tapio Latvala (na fanau 8 Iulai 1980 i Vaasa) o se tagata faʻatauvaʻa faʻatauvaʻa a Finelani. Na ia manumalo i se pine siliva mo lana vaega i le 2001 European Athletics Under-23 Championships
i Amsterdam, Netherlands, ma lona maualuga e 5.50 mita. I le 2007, na mafatia ai Latvala i ni manuʻa ogaoga, e aofia ai ma le gau o le maso o le fatafata ona o se faalavelave na tupu i le siiina o le mamafa i Aferika i Saute.