The two-time Olympian and former world cycling champion Melissa Hoskins has died after being hit by a car in the Adelaide hinterland: her husband, the champion Rohan Dennis, is accused of her death and has been arrested for voluntary homicide.
Melissa Hoskins was 32 years old and a mother of two children. She was taken to the hospital and died overnight between Saturday and Sunday from her injuries.
Who was Melissa Hoskins
Born in Perth in 1991, Hoskins won gold in the team pursuit at the 2015 World Championships, raced in the team pursuit in two Olympics, and competed abroad from 2012 to 2015 with the Australian professional team GreenEDGE.
From Rohan Dennis's social profile emerges the portrait of a united family. The last photo posted less than a week ago, shows husband and wife smiling together with their children in front of the Christmas tree. 'Thank you Melissa for supporting me throughout my entire professional career, all while raising the best children I could wish for', Dennis had written in a post in February 2023, on the eve of his retirement from the world of professional cycling.
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