Olympic cyclist Rohan Dennis receives suspended sentence over wife’s death
Australian Olympian Melissa Hoskins died aged 32 after being hit by a car outside the couple’s Adelaide home
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Former Olympic cyclist and world champion Rohan Dennis has received a suspended sentence over a charge linked to a crash that caused the death of his wife.
Fellow Australian Olympian Melissa Hoskins died aged 32 after being hit by a car outside the couple’s home in Adelaide on December 30, 2023.
Dennis was sentenced to one year, four months and 28 days in jail.
However, that was suspended on the condition that he also enter into a two-year good behaviour bond.
Dennis’s driver’s licence was also suspended.
The 34-year-old appeared before the South Australia District Court on Wednesday after earlier pleading guilty to a charge of committing an aggravated act likely to cause harm.
Ms Hoskins represented Australia in the team pursuit on the track at the Olympics in London 2012 and Rio 2016.
She was also part of the squad which won the world title in 2015.
The couple were married in 2018 and have two children.
Dennis retired at the end of the 2023 season after a career which saw him twice win the world time trial title.
He also won an Olympic bronze medal in the same discipline in Tokyo.
He added a silver in the team pursuit in London and wore the yellow jersey at the Tour de France after winning the opening time trial in 2015.