The Estonian Athletics Championships is an annual track and field competition which serves as the national championship for Estonia. It is organised by the Estonian Athletic Association, Estonia's national governing body for the sport of athletics.[1] The winner of each event at the championships is declared the national champion for that year.[2] The competition was first held in 1917 and was held as a sub-national competition during the time that the Soviet Athletics Championships existed, before becoming the top level national competition for Estonians upon independence in 1991.[3]