Shakira January

{{Short description|South African water polo player}}

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|birth_place = Johannesburg, South Africa

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Shakira January is a South African water polo player, who is a member of the South Africa women's national water polo team. She was part of the team in the women's water polo tournament at the 2020 Summer Olympics.{{Cite web|date=2021-07-06|title=Tokyo Olympics {{!}} Team SA: The FULL list of athletes heading for Japan|url=https://www.thesouthafrican.com/sport/tokyo-olympics/tokyo-olympics-team-sa-the-full-list-of-athletes-heading-for-japan/|access-date=2021-07-06|website=The South African|language=en-ZA}}{{Cite web|title=Van Niekerk and Le Clos named in South African team heading to the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games|url=https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/en/news/van-niekerk-and-le-clos-named-in-sa-team|access-date=2021-07-06|website=Tokyo 2020|language=en-US|archive-date=9 July 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210709210215/https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/en/news/van-niekerk-and-le-clos-named-in-sa-team|url-status=dead}}{{Cite web|last=staff|first=Sport24|title=Tokyo Olympics full squad {{!}} Team SA brings largest ever contingent to Japan|url=https://www.news24.com/sport/othersport/olympics2020/tokyo-olympics-full-squad-team-sa-brings-largest-ever-contingent-to-japan-20210706|access-date=2021-07-06|website=Sport|language=en-US}}

She participated in the 2018 Pan Pacific Youth Water Polo Tournament,{{Cite web|title=Swimhistory|url=https://swimhistory.co.za/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1010&catid=15|access-date=2021-07-06|website=swimhistory.co.za}} and 2019 FINA U20 Water Polo World Championship .{{Cite web|date=2019-10-05|title=Water polo star makes waves|url=https://randburgsun.co.za/376594/water-polo-star-makes-waves/|access-date=2021-07-06|website=Randburg Sun|language=en-US}}{{Cite web|title=Shakira JANUARY {{!}} Results {{!}} FINA Official|url=http://www.fina.org/athletes/1357438/shakira-january|access-date=2021-07-06|website=FINA - Fédération Internationale De Natation|language=en}}