[4] Nemesi Ponsati was born on 26 June 1887 in Barcelona,[1] as the son of Josep Ponsatí i Pagèsesperes (1852–1931), and Isabel Solà i Vila, who had a bakery at Calle Carme number 7.

[2] During his mandate, he participated in the process of creating the Sports Confederation of Catalonia (1922) as well as in Barcelona's frustrated candidacy to organize the 1924 Olympic Games.

[1] After the Spanish Civil War ended in 1939, Ponsati revived the CN Barcelona, being its president from 1939 to 1942, during which time he promoted the creation of a track next to the beach for the practice of athletics.

[1][7] Furthermore, the Catalan Athletics Federation set up a trophy that bears his name, the so-called Trofeu Nemesi Ponsati, which has been held every year at the Estadi Municipal Joan Serrahima since 1990.

[1] Nine years after his death, on 18 April 1989, the City Council of Barcelona named a square after him, which is located in the Olympic Ring, right in front of the main entrance to the Montjuïc stadium.