Shikler started to swim at the age of six. She first competed with the Maccabi
Kiryat Ono Swimming Team, and then moved to
Hapoel Dolphin Netanya. Representing Israel at the
2013 Maccabiah Games in July 2013, she swam the 50 m freestyle in 26.23, setting both the Maccabiah record for women and the competition's record for girls ages 13–16. In August 2014, at the Israeli National Championships Shikler won the 100 m freestyle in 57.34. Shikler took part in the
2015 World Aquatics Championships in
Kazan, Russia, placing 47th in the 50 m
freestyle (26.19) and 43rd in the 100 m freestyle (56.84), in early August 2015. A week later, she participated in the Israeli National Championships, winning the 50 m freestyle with a time of 25.30, only 2 hundredths of a second short of the qualifying time for the
2016 Olympic Games. Her time was also close to the Israeli national record of 25.23, set by
Anna Gostomelsky when she represented
Israel at the 2008 Olympics. In April 2016, she won the
Israeli Swimming Association Cup with a time of 25.18. Thanks to this time, Shikler qualified to participate for
Israel at the 2016 Summer Olympics. That same month, at the Israeli Championships in a pool at Wingate Institute she set personal records in the 50 m freestyle (25.18) and the 100 m freestyle (56.1). She is slated to swim in Heat 8 of the women's 50 m freestyle on August 10. ==See also==