Royal Spanish Gymnastics Federation

The Royal Spanish Gymnastics Federation (Spanish: Real Federación Española de Gimnasia, RFEG) 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.

It is made up of 19 regional federations and is represented in Spain by the International Gymnastics Federation (FIG) and the European Gymnastics (UEG). The disciplines of gymnastics that fall within the RFEG are artistic gymnastics, rhythmic gymnastics, trampoline Gymnastics, and acrobatic gymnastics. The most important competitions that it organizes are the Spanish Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships, and the Spanish Rhythmic Gymnastics Championship. In 2018 he co-organized the 2018 Rhythmic Gymnastics European Championships in Guadalajara.

In Spain, gymnastics (in all its modalities) is the most practiced sport, being developed by 34.6% of sports practitioners according to the Survey of Sports Habits 2010 of the CSD. The most practiced competitive gymnastics discipline in Spain is rhythmic gymnastics, being the 4th most practiced sports discipline among girls and adolescents, only surpassed by swimming, basketball and football, according to the Sports Habits Survey of the School Population (2011), prepared by the CSD.