{{Short description|Russian orienteer}} {{Infobox sportsperson | name = Maria Kechkina | image = | image_size = | alt = | caption = | headercolor = | textcolor = | native_name = Мария Викторовна Кечкина | native_name_lang = Russian | birth_name = | full_name = Maria Viktorovna Kechkina | nickname = | nationality = Russian | national_team = | ethnicity = | citizenship = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1986|08|06}} | birth_place = | sport = Orienteering<br>Ski-orienteering | rank = 2<ref>[http://ranking.orienteering.org/ World Ranking]</ref> | worlds = | regionals = | nationals = | olympics = | show-medals = yes | medaltemplates = {{MedalCountry| {{RUS}} }} {{MedalSport | Women's orienteering }} {{MedalCompetition | Junior World Championships }} {{MedalGold | 2006 Druskininkai | Relay }} {{MedalSport | Women's ski-orienteering }} {{MedalCompetition | World Championships }} {{MedalGold| 2019 Piteå | Middle}} {{MedalGold| 2019 Piteå | Relay}} {{MedalGold | 2017 Krasnoyarsk | Long }} {{MedalGold | 2017 Krasnoyarsk | Relay }} {{MedalBronze| 2019 Piteå | Long}} {{MedalBronze| 2019 Piteå | Sprint}} {{MedalCompetition | European Championships }} {{MedalGold | 2016 Hochfilzen | Long }} {{MedalGold | 2016 Hochfilzen | Middle }} {{MedalGold | 2011 Lillehammer | Relay }} {{MedalSilver | 2016 Hochfilzen | Team sprint }} {{MedalBronze | 2016 Hochfilzen | Sprint }} {{MedalBronze | 2015 Lenzerheide | Relay }} {{MedalCompetition|World Military Games}} {{MedalGold|2017 Sochi|Middle}} {{MedalGold|2017 Sochi|Relay}} {{MedalGold|2017 Sochi|Team sprint}} {{MedalSilver|2017 Sochi|Sprint}} {{MedalCompetition|Military Skiing Championships}} {{MedalGold|2015 Boden|Middle}} {{MedalCompetition | Junior World Championships }} {{MedalGold | 2006 Ivanovo | Relay }} {{MedalSilver | 2006 Ivanovo | Sprint }} {{MedalBronze | 2006 Ivanovo | Middle }} }}

'''Maria Viktorovna Kechkina''', née '''Shilova''' ({{langx|ru|Мария Викторовна Кечкина}}; born 6 August 1986) is a Russian orienteering and ski-orienteering competitor and Junior World Champion in both sports.

==Orienteering== Kechkina won a gold medal in the relay at the 2006 Junior World Orienteering Championships in Druskininkai, together with Ekaterina Terekhova and Tatiana Kozlova.<ref name=iof-jwoc>[http://www.orienteering.org/i3/index.php?/iof2006/results/foot_orienteering/junior_world_orienteering_championships Junior World Orienteering Championships] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070817181259/http://www.orienteering.org/i3/index.php?%2Fiof2006%2Fresults%2Ffoot_orienteering%2Fjunior_world_orienteering_championships |date=2007-08-17 }} &ndash; ''International Orienteering Federation'' (Retrieved on July 2, 2008)</ref><ref name=world-of-o>[http://runners.worldofo.com/mariyashilova.html World of O Runners - Mariya Shilova] (Retrieved on July 2, 2008)</ref> She finished 8th in the long course and 10th in the sprint at the same championship.<ref name=world-of-o/>

==Ski orienteering== Shilova received a gold medal in relay, a silver medal in sprint and a bronze medal in the middle distance at the Junior World Ski Orienteering Championships in Ivanovo in 2006.

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