Federico Fernández-Amor Calvet

Federico Fernández-Amor Calvet (1871 – 5 September 1933) was a Spanish athlete and gymnastics educator who founded his gymnasium, Sala Calvet, in the 1880s, where he went on to found Deportivo de La Coruña in 1906.

Sporting career Multi-athlete Federico Calvet was born in 1871 in A Coruña, and began practicing fencing in his youth, being a student of the Florentine professor Attilio Pontinari (master among others of Valle-Inclán), who had settled in A Coruña and created a school for talented gymnasts, the sport to which he would end up dedicating his entire life. Calvet was also part of the , participating in some of their shows.

On 3 January 1902, the 31-year-old Calvet inaugurated Sala Calvet, a gymnasium located in Galera da Coruña Street, and it immediately achieved prestige and popularity, becoming an alternative to the select Sporting Club or the Club Náutico due to being more affordable for the people of A Coruña. His success in all disciplines was such that there was no competition in which his athletes were not present.

In an advertising paper dating to 4 August 1907, it is stated that "the students who attend them will receive the hygienic gymnastics classes applied to combat a countless number of diseases and illnesses that only by this procedure are cured, and also the various sports classes, which are practiced, under the direction of its owner Mr. Federico Fernández A. Calvet, professor of Gymnastics and Fencing". In 1906, his students recruited a large group of players for the fencing master's gym, where they, together with Calvet, founded the Sports Club of Sala Calvet, which would later be called Real Club Deportivo da Coruña.

Personal life Calvet married Marcelina Sar Varela and the couple had three children, Federico, His firstborn became one of the most emblematic characters of life in A Coruña in the 40s and 50s, holding several positions in the social, sporting, and commercial fields.

On 9 June 2016, the Honors and Distinctions Commission of the City Council of A Coruña agreed on a total of 22 names to be incorporated into the A Coruña street map, among which Calvet was included.