Melissa Hoskins

Death On 30 December 2023, Hoskins was struck by a grey ute on Avenel Gardens Road, Medindie, an inner northern suburb of Adelaide, and died a day later from her injuries in hospital. She was 32. Police arrested her husband Rohan Dennis, charging him with causing death by dangerous driving, driving without due care, and endangering life.

In December 2024, Dennis pleaded guilty to an aggravated charge of creating a likelihood of harm. Prosecutors dropped the initial charges of causing death by dangerous driving, driving without due care, and endangering life, acknowledging that Dennis acted recklessly but without intent to harm Hoskins. In May 2025, he was sentenced to 17 months in prison with a non-parole period of ten months; however, the judge suspended the sentence on a two-year good-behaviour bond, as Dennis is the sole carer of the couple's two children. Judge Ian Press emphasised that Dennis was not criminally responsible for causing his wife's death, but his conviction related to driving up to while Hoskins was clinging to the bonnet of his car. She died after he had sped up, not knowing that she was still clinging to the side of the car, subsequently falling off and under it.

Major results

Track

2008

2nd Keirin, National Junior Track Championships 2009

National Junior Track Championships

3rd Individual pursuit 3rd Points race 2010 Oceania Track Championships

2011

2012

UCI Track Cycling World Championships

2013

2014

2015

Road

2009

1st Pemberton Classic 2010 2nd Noosa GP 2011 1st Ronde van Appelscha 1st Profronde van Surhuisterveen 1st Wielerdag van Monster 1st Begijnendijk 1st Boutersem 1st Stage 2 Tour de Feminin-O cenu Českého Švýcarska 2nd Le Bizet 2nd Wielerdag Zoeterwoude 2nd Ronde van Leiderdorp 3rd Ronde van Luyksgestel 7th GP Comune di Cornaredo 2012 National Road Championships

2nd Criterium 1st Overall Tour of Chongming Island 1st Points classification 1st Stages 1 & 3 1st Overall Bay Classic Series 1st Rond van Uitgeest

2nd Tour of Chongming Island World Cup 6th EPZ Omloop van Borsele 2013 1st Overall Bay Classic Series 1st Williamstown Criterium

3rd Open de Suède Vårgårda TTT 2014

3rd Ronde van Gelderland 5th Tour of Chongming Island World Cup 6th Overall Ladies Tour of Qatar 6th Dwars door de Westhoek 10th Road race, Commonwealth Games 2015

2nd Overall Santos Women's Tour 1st Stages 2 & 4