Melissa Hoskins
Melissa Hoskins (2012) | |
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Date of birth | February 24, 1991 |
nation | Australia |
discipline | Road / rail (endurance) |
End of career | 2017 |
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Last updated: November 6, 2017 |
Melissa Hoskins (born February 24, 1991 in Kalamunda ) is a former Australian cyclist .
Athletic career
From 2006 Melissa Hoskins was active in competitive cycling, on the road and on the track . In 2008 she was the Australian Junior Team Pursuit Champion , with Sarah Kent and Josephine Tomic ; the three riders were able to repeat this success in 2009 and 2010 in the elite class. In 2009 she became Junior Champion in Keirin . In 2011 Hoskins was again Australian champion in the team pursuit, with Tomic and Isabella King , in the Omnium and points race she was second and third in the single pursuit .
In 2012 Melissa Hoskins became Australian junior champion in the criterion . She also won the Jayco Bay Cycling Classic . At the 2012 UCI Track World Championships in Melbourne , Hoskins won the silver medal in scratch . At the rail world championships in Minsk the following year, Hoskins was runner-up in the team pursuit together with Annette Edmondson and Amy Cure .
In 2016, Hoskins was nominated for participation in the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro . During training a few days before the start of the games, she was seriously injured in a fall. She was able to leave the hospital after a few days because she only suffered burns to the skin. She started in great pain with the Australian team in the team pursuit, which finished fifth. A few days later, Hoskins, who had developed pneumonia earlier in the year , announced her retirement from cycling.
Melissa Hoskins is in a relationship with the cyclist Rohan Dennis (as of 2019).
successes
train
- 2008
- Australian Champion - Team Pursuit (with Sarah Kent and Josephine Tomic )
- 2009
- Australian Champion - Team Pursuit (with Sarah Kent and Josephine Tomic )
- Australian Junior Champion - Keirin
- 2010
- Australian Champion - Team Pursuit (with Sarah Kent and Josephine Tomic )
- 2011
- Australian Champion - Team Pursuit (with Isabella King and Josephine Tomic )
- 2012
- World Championship - Scratch, Team Pursuit (with Annette Edmondson and Josephine Tomic )
- Track Cycling World Cup in London - Scratch
- Australian Champion - Team Pursuit (with Sarah Kent and Josephine Tomic )
- 2013
- World Championship - Team Pursuit (with Annette Edmondson , Amy Cure and Ashlee Ankudinoff )
- 2014
- World Championship - Team Pursuit (with Annette Edmondson , Amy Cure and Isabella King )
- 2015
- World Champion - Team Pursuit (with Annette Edmondson , Ashlee Ankudinoff and Amy Cure )
Street
- 2011
- 2012
- Overall classification of the Bay Cycling Classic
- Australian Champion (U23) - criterion
- Overall standings and two-stage Tour of Chongming Island
- World Championship - Team Time Trial (with Linda Villumsen , Alexis Rhodes , Loes Gunnewijk , Shara Gillow and Judith Arndt )
- 2013
- Overall classification and one stage of the Bay Cycling Classic
- World Championship - Team Time Trial (with Annette Edmondson , Shara Gillow , Loes Gunnewijk , Emma Johansson and Amanda Spratt )
- 2014
- World Championship - Team Time Trial (with Annette Edmondson , Emma Johansson , Jessie MacLean , Valentina Scandolara and Amanda Spratt )
Teams
- 2012–2015 GreenEdge AIS
Web links
- Melissa Hoskins in the Radsportseiten.net database
- Melissa Hoskins in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
- Melissa Hoskins in the ProCyclingStats.com database
Individual evidence
- ^ Serious fall of the four-man from Australia in the women in Rio 2016. In: radsportseiten.net. August 9, 2016, accessed August 9, 2016 .
- ↑ Associated Press: Australia's Melissa Hoskins out of Rio hospital after velodrome crash. In: theguardian.com. August 11, 2016. Retrieved August 11, 2016 .
- ^ Vittorio Hernandez: Rio 2016 Olympics: Hip injury forces Australian cyclist Melissa Hoskins into retiring from sport. In: ibtimes.com.au. August 15, 2016, accessed November 5, 2016 .
- ↑ Jessi Braverman: Melissa Hoskins announces retirement. In: cyclingnews.com. Retrieved September 25, 2019 .
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Hoskins, Melissa |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Australian cyclist |
DATE OF BIRTH | February 24, 1991 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Kalamunda |