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Former professional cyclist Rohan Dennis faces a jail sentence after admitting he drove while disqualified over the events leading up to the death of his Olympian wife, Melissa Hoskins.
A judge had previously warned the former Olympian he would be jailed if he drove while banned.
In ۲۰۲۵, Dennis, ۳۶, was given a suspended ۱۷-month jail term and banned from driving for five years, after pleading guilty to a charge of committing an aggravated act likely to cause harm in relation to his wife’s death.
Hoskins, ۳۲, was struck by her husband’s vehicle near their home at Medindie, in Adelaide’s inner north, on ۳۰ December ۲۰۲۳.
She suffered serious injuries and died in the Royal Adelaide hospital.
On ۱۱ June, the father-of-two was reported for driving while disqualified and his car was impounded for ۲۸ days after police allegedly observed him driving with two children as passengers.
On Friday, Dennis pleaded guilty to the charge when in the Adelaide magistrates court.
He will also appear in the district court on ۱ September, for breaching a good behaviour bond.
When he was sentenced in May ۲۰۲۵, Dennis had agreed to the $۱۰۰, two-year good behaviour bond, and his driver’s licence was suspended for five years.
At the time, judge Ian Press warned him that any violation of the driving suspension would be a breach of the bond, and Dennis would be jailed.
After sentencing in May ۲۰۲۵, Hoskins’ father, Peter Hoskins said the family had not yet received an apology from Dennis, “but I’m sure that will come in time”.
“From the outset it (a jail term) wasn’t something we were pursuing.”
Hoskins competed at the ۲۰۱۲ and ۲۰۱۶ Olympics in the team pursuit and was in the squad that won the ۲۰۱۵ world title.
Dennis won two world titles in the road time trial, as well as silver in the team pursuit at the ۲۰۱۲ Olympics and bronze in the road time trial at the Tokyo Olympics.
In March, Dennis was criticised over an Instagram post in which he shared a photo of a black Porsche with the caption: “What an absolute weapon”.
South Australia’s Victims Rights commissioner, Sarah Quick, had said the post was “deeply offensive” and demonstrated “a clear lack of insight into the real and lasting impact of the harm he has caused”.
“It also reflects a profound lack of respect for Melissa and her family,” she said.
