A champion 'who thrilled and inspired us' - AusCycling pays tribute to Melissa Hoskins

Melissa Dennis (née Hoskins)
Melissa Dennis (née Hoskins) (Image credit: Getty Images)

AusCycling paid tribute to Melissa Dennis (née Hoskins) after the tragic death of the Olympian and former world champion on New Year's Eve, with the organisation in the process of settling on a fitting way to memorialise the Australian rider.

"Melissa, a mother, daughter, and wife, was also a champion cyclist who thrilled and inspired us with her exquisite skills on the track and road," said AusCycling CEO Marne Fechner in a media statement.

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Simone Giuliani
Australia Editor

Simone is a degree-qualified journalist that has accumulated decades of wide-ranging experience while working across a variety of leading media organisations. She joined Cyclingnews as a Production Editor at the start of the 2021 season and has now moved into the role of Australia Editor. Previously she worked as a freelance writer, Australian Editor at Ella CyclingTips and as a correspondent for Reuters and Bloomberg. Cycling was initially purely a leisure pursuit for Simone, who started out as a business journalist, but in 2015 her career focus also shifted to the sport.