Catharina Johanna "Toos" Beumer (born 5 July 1947 in

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) is a Dutch swimmer. She won the bronze medal in the 4×100 metres freestyle relay at the

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. Her teammates in that race, clocked in 4:12.0, were Pauline van der Wildt,

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and Winnie van Weerdenburg. Four years later, Beumer also participated in the

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, in the 100 m freestyle, but she didn't qualify for the semi-finals.

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