Rubilen Amit
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Rubilen "Bingkay" Amit (born October 3, 1981) is a Filipino female professional pool player from Mandaue, Cebu. She is a two-time WPA Women's World Ten-ball champion and the first Filipina pool player to become WPA Women's World Nine-ball champion in 2024.[1]Amit is also the second Filipino player behind Carlo Biado to win both ten-ball and nine-ball championships.
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
- 2024 WPA Women's World Nine-ball Championship[8]
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.[9]
References
[edit]- ^ editor, delfin dioquino (September 8, 2024). "Rubilen Amit captures historic Women's World 9-Ball crown for PH". RAPPLER. Retrieved September 8, 2024.
{{cite web}}:|last=has generic name (help) - ^ "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.
- ^ Terrado, Reuben (September 8, 2024). "Rubilen Amit bags first 9-ball world title in New Zealand". Sports Interactive Network Philippines. Retrieved September 9, 2024.
- ^ "Top 100 Cebuano Personalities - Rubilen Amit". The Freeman. July 11, 2019. Retrieved October 16, 2020.
External links
[edit]- 1981 births
- Living people
- Female pool players
- Filipino pool players
- World champions in pool
- University of Santo Tomas alumni
- People from Mandaue
- Sportspeople from Cebu
- Cebuano people
- Cue sports players at the 2006 Asian Games
- Cue sports players at the 2010 Asian Games
- SEA Games gold medalists for the Philippines
- SEA Games silver medalists for the Philippines
- SEA Games bronze medalists for the Philippines
- SEA Games medalists in cue sports
- Competitors at the 2017 SEA Games
- Asian Games competitors for the Philippines
- Competitors at the 2005 SEA Games
- Competitors at the 2007 SEA Games
- Competitors at the 2009 SEA Games
- Competitors at the 2011 SEA Games
- Competitors at the 2013 SEA Games
- Competitors at the 2015 SEA Games
- Competitors at the 2019 SEA Games
- Competitors at the 2021 SEA Games
- Competitors at the 2023 SEA Games