Royal Spanish Gymnastics Federation
The Royal Spanish Gymnastics Federation is the highest national gymnastics body in Spain. Its headquarters are in Madrid and its current president is Jesús Carballo. Founded by Narciso Masferrer in 1899 as the Spanish Gymnastic Federation, it is the second oldest Federation in Spain, behind the cycling one. The federation was one of the most important entities in the amateur beginnings of Football in Spain because it acted as the Spanish Football Federation until 1904.
RFEG headquarters (in the background), in front of the Temple of Debod.
José Canalejas, the first president of the federation.
Jesús Carballo, the current president of the Federation.
Narciso Masferrer Sala was a pioneer of Catalan sports, sports journalism, and Olympism throughout Spain. He was present at most Catalan sports initiatives of the first third of the 20th century, founding and becoming director of a number of sporting projects, including some of the greatest sporting institutions in Catalonia, such as clubs, federations and sports press.
Narciso Masferrer
Redaction of Los Deportes in 1898 with its director, Narciso Masferrer in the center, looking at the camera.
