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]
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| Born | October 3, 1981 Mandaue, Cebu, Philippines | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Medal record
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Biography edit
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 edit
- 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 Ten-ball Championship
Recognitions edit
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 edit
- ^ "Pool's Top Source for News, Views, Tips & More". Billiards Digest. Retrieved November 5, 2013.
- ^ "Amit pockets World 10-ball plum at home". University of Santo Tomas – The Varsitarian. November 18, 2013.
- ^ in Billiard (July 29, 2013). "Amit, 1st Pinay world pool champion". Philippine Asian News Today. Archived from the original on November 5, 2013. Retrieved November 5, 2013.
- ^ a b "A new chapter for Rubilen Amit – INQUIRER.net, Philippine News for Filipinos". Sports.inquirer.net. April 27, 2009. Archived from the original on August 10, 2009. Retrieved November 5, 2013.
- ^ "Pool's Top Source for News, Views, Tips & More". Billiards Digest. Retrieved November 5, 2013.
- ^ "'Eyebrow-raising move': NSA drops Philippine's top billiard players". Sun.Star. Retrieved November 5, 2013.
- ^ "Rubilen Amit tops Kelly Fisher for women's world 10-Ball crown | InterAKTV". Interaksyon.com. Retrieved November 5, 2013.
- ^ "Top 100 Cebuano Personalities - Rubilen Amit". The Freeman. July 11, 2019. Retrieved October 16, 2020.
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