‘You’ll be missed’ – Remembering Melissa Dennis née Hoskins

The tragic information of the demise of Olympian and former World Champion Melissa Dennis (née Hoskins) on New 12 months’s Eve shortly travelled world wide, sparking an outpouring of grief and disappointment.

Many stories in Europe confirmed pictures of Hoskins and Rohan Dennis along with their younger youngsters and even from their wedding ceremony day. Dennis just lately posted a household picture on Instagram earlier than the vacations, writing, “Merry Christmas from our household to yours.”

The arrest and formal prices in opposition to Dennis in connection to the incident meant his title led a lot of the stories, however the focus for a lot of was to recollect Hoskins.

Her former workforce, now referred to as Jayco AlUla, wrote, “We’re devastated to study of the passing of former GreenEDGE Biking rider Melissa Dennis nee Hoskins. Our ideas are along with her household and mates and the entire biking group at this deeply saddening time. She is going to by no means be forgotten. RIP Mel.”

“Melissa Hoskins was a phenomenal girl and a belter of a bike owner. We should bear in mind *her*,” wrote @hollycamefrom on the social media.

“A champion on the biking stage and an adoring mom of two, this was Melissa Dennis (née Hoskins) and within the prime of her life,” 9 New tv mentioned, with a collage of social media pictures and video of Hoskins opening their report on the incident in Adelaide.

In response to a number of native and nationwide media stories in Australia, Hoskins was allegedly hit by a driver within the Adelaide suburb of Medindie on the night of December 30. She died from her accidents within the hospital the next morning. Dennis was reportedly charged with inflicting demise by harmful driving, driving with out due care and endangering life. He has been launched on bail and is because of seem in court docket on March 13.

The CPA Ladies’s riders’ affiliation was one among many to publish on social media.

“Shocked by the information of #MelissaHoskins’ demise, we ship our ideas to those that love her, beginning along with her youngsters, and had been fortunate sufficient to trip along with her throughout an all too brief life. We’ll miss you, Melissa.”

Emma Bianchi remembered Hoskins’ achievements throughout her skilled racing profession.

“Junior World Champion and World Champion within the Staff Pursuit. A number of podiums within the Staff Time Trial Highway World Championships. Olympian. Bike owner, mom, daughter. You’ll be missed.”

Vox Ladies Biking expressed its condolences throughout social media. 

“Melissa Dennis née Hoskins, our pal and a champion bike rider. An Olympian and Staff Pursuit World Champion, she additionally took a number of medals at numerous Monitor World Championship occasions, in addition to on the street. You’ll be missed by us all.”

Jumbo-Visma launched a press release of condolences, “It’s with nice disappointment that we realized of the passing of Melissa Dennis Hoskins. We wish to convey our condolences to her household, mates and acquaintances. We want all of them the energy on this nice loss.” ⁠

Hoskins was born on February 24, 1991, in Kalamunda, WA.  

She competed within the Staff Pursuit for Australia at two Olympics, profitable gold in the identical occasion on the 2015 World Championships. 7 Information remembered her as “a part of the history-making quartet that broke the world file.”

She gained 5 medals on the monitor World Championships and completed on the rostrum thrice within the workforce time trial on the street World Championships.

Hoskins turned an expert in 2012, driving on the street till 2015 with the Orica-AIS workforce, together with a profitable monitor profession. She gained the Tour of Chongming Island in 2012 and took a lot of prestigious placings in European races. She gained the mountains classification on the Ladies’s Tour in 2015.

Hoskins was concerned in a high-speed crash on the monitor on the 2016 Rio Olympic Video games. She was not significantly injured however quickly ended her profession.

She married Dennis in 2018, they usually lived collectively in Europe and Australia as they raised their younger youngsters.

Everybody at Cyclingnews would additionally like to increase their deepest condolences to Melissa Dennis née Hoskins’ household and mates.