Rubilen Amit

Rubilen "Bingkay" Amit (born October 3, 1981) is a Filipino female professional pocket billiards (pool) player. Amit is the first Filipino woman to become a world pool champion. ^[1]

Rubilen Amit

Amit in 2017
Born	(1981-10-03) October 3, 1981 (age 41) Mandaue, Cebu, Philippines
Sport country	Philippines
Medal record Representing  Philippines Women's Eight-ball Event 1st 2nd 3rd Asian Indoor Games - 1 1 Southeast Asian Games 10 5 Total 10 6 1 WPA Women's World Ten-ball Championship Winner 2013 Champion Winner 2009 Champion WPA Women's World Nine-ball Championship 2007 Runner-Up Southeast Asian Games 2005 Manila Singles 2009 Vientiane Singles 2007 Nakhon Ratchasima Singles Women's Nine-ball Southeast Asian Games 2005 Manila Singles 2007 Nakhon Ratchasima Singles 2009 Vientiane Singles 2019 Philippines Singles 2019 Philippines Doubles 2021 Hanoi Singles 2011 Palembang Singles 2013 Naypyidaw Singles 2015 Singapore Singles 2017 Kuala Lumpur Singles Women's Ten-ball Asian Indoor-Martial Arts Games 2017 Ashgabat Singles 2013 Incheon Singles Southeast Asian Games 2013 Naypyidaw Singles 2021 Hanoi Singles 2019 Philippines Singles

Biography

Rubilen Amit was born in Mandaue, Cebu. Amit began playing during her teens, often tagging along with her father Bobby at the Super Bowl in Makati. In college, she studied accountancy at the University of Santo Tomas. She participated in and won the 2000 and 2001 College of Commerce and Business Administration's billiards tournaments.^[2] After graduating in 2004, Amit worked as a call center agent for a year. In 2005, she was accepted to the Philippine pool national team. However, in early 2013, Amit, along with other top Filipino pool players, was removed from the national team due to a controversial reorganization of the national team by the Billiards and Snooker Congress of the Philippines.^[3][4][5][6]

Titles

• 2005 Southeast Asian Games Eight-ball Singles
• 2005 Southeast Asian Games Nine-ball Singles
• 2007 Southeast Asian Games Nine-ball Singles
• 2009 World Mixed Doubles Classic (with Efren Reyes)
• 2009 Southeast Asian Games Nine-ball Singles
• 2009 Southeast Asian Games Eight-ball Singles
• 2009 WPA World Ten-ball Championship^[4]
• 2009 Philippine Sportsman of the Year
• 2011 World Mixed Doubles Classic (with Efren Reyes)
• 2013 WPA World Ten-ball Championship^[7]
• 2013 Southeast Asian Games Ten-ball Singles
• 2019 Southeast Asian Games Nine-ball Singles
• 2019 Southeast Asian Games Nine-ball Doubles
• 2021 Southeast Asian Games Ten-ball Singles
• 2021 Southeast Asian Games Nine-ball Singles
• 2022 WPA World Mixed Teams 10-Ball Championship

Recognitions

In 2019, Amit was recognized as one of the Top 100 Cebuano personalities by The Freeman, Cebu's longest-running newspaper. She was recognized alongside Tomas Osmeña, Resil Mojares, and Max Surban as part of the centennial anniversary of the local newspaper.^[8]

References

1. "Pool's Top Source for News, Views, Tips & More". Billiards Digest. Retrieved November 5, 2013.
2. "Amit pockets World 10-ball plum at home". University of Santo Tomas – The Varsitarian. November 18, 2013.
3.  in Billiard (July 29, 2013). . Philippine Asian News Today. Archived from the original on November 5, 2013. Retrieved November 5, 2013.
4. . Sports.inquirer.net. April 27, 2009. Archived from the original on August 10, 2009. Retrieved November 5, 2013.
5. "Pool's Top Source for News, Views, Tips & More". Billiards Digest. Retrieved November 5, 2013.
6. "'Eyebrow-raising move': NSA drops Philippine's top billiard players". Sun.Star. Retrieved November 5, 2013.
7. "Rubilen Amit tops Kelly Fisher for women's world 10-Ball crown | InterAKTV". Interaksyon.com. Retrieved November 5, 2013.
8. "Top 100 Cebuano Personalities - Rubilen Amit". The Freeman. July 11, 2019. Retrieved October 16, 2020.

External links

• Rubilen Amit's Player Profile at AZ Billiards