Jean Schwarzwalder (born 1980), known as Suzy Hotrod, is a
roller derby
Roller derby is a roller skating contact sport played by two teams of fifteen members. Roller derby is played by approximately 1,250 amateur leagues worldwide, mostly in the United States.
Game play consists of a series of short scrimmages (jam ...
skater.
Early life
Born in
Lindenwold, New Jersey
Lindenwold is a borough in Camden County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. As of the 2020 U.S. census, the borough's population was 21,641, an increase of 4,028 from the 2010 census count of 17,613, having not previously exercised for four years. Training with the
Gotham Girls Roller Derby
Gotham Roller Derby is a flat track roller derby league based in New York City, New York (state), New York. Founded in late 2003, Gotham is the first flat track roller derby league in the metropolitan New York area and a founding member league of ...
league, she was immediately picked out as a potential jammer.Suzy Hotrod , ''
ESPN
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'', 2011 At the time, she worked as a photo editor, and played guitar in the punk band Lady Unluck.
Career
By 2007, Hotrod was captain of Gotham's "Queens of Pain" team.
After the 2010
WFTDA Championships
The International Women's Flat Track Derby Association Championships ("WFTDA Championships" or "Champs" for short) are the leading competition for roller derby leagues.
The Championships are organised by the Women's Flat Track Derby Association ( ...
, Hotrod was expected to move to Philadelphia, and leave the Gotham Girls. However, her work plans changed, and she remained with Gotham.
Hotrod was appointed co-captain of
Team USA
The United States national team or Team USA may refer to any of a number of sports team representing the United States in international competitions.
Olympic teams
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for the inaugural
Roller Derby World Cup
The Roller Derby World Cup is an international women's roller derby tournament formerly organized by ''Blood & Thunder magazine'', and currently organized by the Roller Derby World Cup Committee. Teams of amateur skaters from around the world ...
.
Hotrod is also the host of the radio show Rock and Roller Derby on Jersey City-based
WFMU
WFMU is a listener-supported, independent community radio station, licensed to East Orange, New Jersey. Since 1998 its studios and operating facilities have been headquartered in Jersey City, New Jersey. It broadcasts locally at 91.1 Mhz FM, in ...
.
Recognition
Hotrod won the Gotham Girls'
Most Valuable Player
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award in both 2006 and 2009, has captained the Queens of Pain to three league titles, and won the
Derby News Network
Derby News Network (DNN), based in Baltimore, was an internet broadcast network, founded in 2007, which featured the women's skating sport of roller derby. DNN used the internet to collect remote streaming video
Video on demand (VOD) is a medi ...
Derby News Network
Derby News Network (DNN), based in Baltimore, was an internet broadcast network, founded in 2007, which featured the women's skating sport of roller derby. DNN used the internet to collect remote streaming video
Video on demand (VOD) is a medi ...