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| London 2012 | Athlete Profile |
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| Melissa Hoskins |
| Sport |
Cycling |
| Age |
21 |
| Born |
Kalamunda, WA |
| Experience |
London 2012 |
| Height |
175cm |
| Weight |
64kg |
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- Melissa Hoskins began cycling after being picked up as a part of the WAIS Talent Identification Program at the age of 15 and within three years had become an Australian Champion.
- Hoskins' first national title came in 2008 in the team pursuit, an event she has now successfully defended every year since. She went on to win the U/19 2009 Junior World Championship title, breaking the world record in the process in Moscow.
- She was a part of the Australian team that won bronze at the World Cup in Beijing in 2011.
- Hoskins and Olympic teammates Annette Edmondson and Josephine Tomic broke the world record in the semi-final of the 2012 Track World Championships. The record only lasted a few minutes as the British team broke the new record in their semi-final before going on to beat Australia in the final. Tomic also claimed silver in the scratch race, a non-Olympic event.
- Continuing to compete in road events also, Hoskins finsished the 2012 Jayco Bay Classic 1st overall and took out the U/23 Australian Road Championships.
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