Born in 1956, Rafel Niubò was one of the founders of the Escola d’Iniciació Esportiva de Les Corts and the Unió Barcelonesa d’Activitats Esportives (UBAE), of which he also became the general director. He was part of the EU Sport Forum and helped found the European Sports and Health Confederation, which he headed from 1995 to 2003.

Later he was the Secretary General for Sport with the Government of Catalonia (2004-2006), where one of the initiatives he was involved in was to promote Catalan national teams. In this respect he received the Gold Medal from the Union of Sports Federations of Catalonia (2009).

Niubò was also the secretary general of the vice-presidency of the Government of Catalonia from 2006 to 2011, is the author of the book Barcelona i l’esport, un model d’èxit (2025) and a member of Barcelona City Council’s Municipal Sports Council, as a “figure of recognised value”.