US EditionRohan Dennis: Olympic Cyclist Who Ran over Wife Under Fire over Porsche Post
Rohan Dennis’s Instagram post praising a car drew criticism as insensitive given his suspended sentence and five-year driving ban following his wife’s fatal car accident.
- On Wednesday evening, Rohan Dennis, a former world champion and Olympic cyclist, posted an Instagram image of a black Porsche 911 captioned 'what an absolute weapon'.
- The 2023 incident began in Adelaide when Melissa Hoskins climbed onto the bonnet during an argument and was later struck, dying in Royal Adelaide Hospital.
- When the ABC sought comment, Dennis blocked the account and posted a second Instagram image of his children with a similar caption calling them two 'absolute weapons'.
- The post drew furious online reaction, with Victims' Rights Commissioner Sarah Quick calling it inappropriate and saying 'This is a deeply offensive comment that demonstrates a clear lack of insight into the real and lasting impact of the harm he has caused'.
- The court previously sentenced Dennis to a 17‑month prison term suspended on a two‑year good‑behaviour bond, disqualified him from driving for five years, and prosecutors dropped more serious charges.
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Olympic Cyclist Whose Wife Died in Incident with His Car Posts Photo Calling His Porsche a 'Weapon'
Rohan Dennis pled guilty to one aggravated account of creating the likelihood of harm after his wife, fellow Olympian Melissa Hoskins, was struck by his car and died in 2023Olympic cyclist Rohan Dennis and his late wife, Melissa HoskinsCredit: Stuart Franklin/Getty; Melissa Hoskins InstagramNEED TO KNOWOlympic cyclist Rohan Dennis recently returned to social media following a two-year hiatus and shared controversial posts featuring his PorscheDe…
Rohan Dennis is a polemic again. This is called a very clumsy publication. Three years after the tragedy that cost his wife his life,...
The former Australian Olympic cyclist Rohan Dennis was subjected to criticism after publishing, in Instagram, images of a Porsche and writing "which absolute machine" in the legend. The reaction occurs because his wife, also Olympic cyclist Melissa Hoskins, died in 2023 after falling and being hit by a car driven by him, in front of the house in Adelaide.
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