Editing Saaremaa (section)

== Sport ==
[[FC Kuressaare]] competes in the first tier of Estonian football, the [[Meistriliiga]]. Saaremaa has been competing in the biannual [[Island Games]] since 1991.

There are three main international traditional sport events in Saaremaa:

[[Saaremaa Rally]] takes place every year in October and attracts thousands of rally fans. The first rally was an amateur competition and it took place in 1974. The first professional competition took place in 1975 and from 1993 the rally has been international.<ref>Saaremaa Rally homepage http://www.saaremaarally.eu/</ref>

Saaremaa Velotuur is a group race of road cyclists that is oldest in the Nordic countries (held since 1957) and the only international one in the Baltic states.<ref>Saaremaa Velotuur homepage http://www.saaremaavelotuur.ee/</ref>

Saaremaa three-day running marathon takes place on the roads around Kuressaare town and Sõrve peninsula. The main race consists of three different runs, which are held on three sequential days (10+16,195+16=42,195&nbsp;km). The first marathon was held in 1974.<ref>Saaremaa 3-day running marathon homepage http://www.saaremaajooks.ee/</ref>