Rubilen Amit

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Rubilen Amit
Rubilen Amit KL 2017.jpg
Amit in 2017
Born (1981-10-03) October 3, 1981 (age 40)
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 8 5
Total 8 6 1
WPA Women's World Ten-ball Championship
Winner 2013 Champion
Winner 2009 Champion
WPA Women's World Nine-ball Championship
Third place 2007 Runner-Up
Southeast Asian Games
Gold medal – first place 2005 Manila Singles
Gold medal – first place 2009 Vientiane Singles
Bronze medal – third place 2007 Nakhon Ratchasima Singles
Women's Nine-ball
Southeast Asian Games
Gold medal – first place 2005 Manila Singles
Gold medal – first place 2007 Nakhon Ratchasima Singles
Gold medal – first place 2009 Vientiane Singles
Gold medal – first place 2019 Philippines Singles
Gold medal – first place 2019 Philippines Doubles
Silver medal – second place 2011 Palembang Singles
Silver medal – second place 2013 Naypyidaw Singles
Silver medal – second place 2015 Singapore Singles
Silver medal – second place 2017 Kuala Lumpur Singles
Women's Ten-ball
Asian Indoor-Martial Arts Games
Silver medal – second place 2017 Ashgabat Singles
Bronze medal – third place 2013 Incheon Singles
Southeast Asian Games
Gold medal – first place 2013 Naypyidaw Singles
Silver medal – second place 2019 Philippines Singles

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]

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[]

  • 2009 WPA Women's World Ten-ball Championship (Champion)[4]
  • 2013 WPA Women's World Ten-ball Championship (Champion)[7]

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). "Amit, 1st Pinay world pool champion". Philippine Asian News Today. Archived from the original on November 5, 2013. Retrieved November 5, 2013.
  4. ^ 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.
  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.

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