Ursula Garza Papandrea has been re-elected as president of USA Weightlifting in a vote by the organization's board of directors.

Earlier this year, Papandrea was tasked with completing the term of the board's former chairman, CJ Stockel, who was removed from his position "without cause" in a February vote. Papandrea was chosen for re-election during the board's meeting on Dec. 7 ahead of the American Open in Orlando, Florida.

Papandrea is leading USA Weightlifting alongside CEO Phil Andrews in a time of incredible growth and opportunity for the sport in the United States, which is hosting the 2017 IWF World Championships in Anaheim, California, after a successful event in Houston in 2015. With one of the largest membership bases in the IWF and a talented group of youth and junior weightlifters, USA Weightlifting is on track to have a transformative quad between now and the Tokyo Olympics.