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.
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. 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.
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 2009 Philippine Sportsman of the Year 2011 World Mixed Doubles Classic (with Efren Reyes) 2013 WPA World Ten-ball Championship 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.