diff --git a/trino/client.py b/trino/client.py
index 3ab35b09..b6698b6a 100644
--- a/trino/client.py
+++ b/trino/client.py
@@ -39,15 +39,17 @@
 import copy
 import functools
 import os
+import queue
 import random
 import re
 import threading
 import urllib.parse
+from concurrent.futures import ThreadPoolExecutor
 import warnings
 from datetime import date, datetime, time, timedelta, timezone, tzinfo
 from decimal import Decimal
 from time import sleep
-from typing import Any, Dict, Generic, List, Optional, Tuple, TypeVar, Union
+from typing import Any, Callable, Dict, Generic, List, Optional, Tuple, TypeVar, Union
 
 import pytz
 import requests
@@ -684,6 +686,27 @@ def _verify_extra_credential(self, header):
             raise ValueError(f"only ASCII characters are allowed in extra credential '{key}'")
 
 
+class ResultDownloader():
+    def __init__(self):
+        self.queue: queue.Queue = queue.Queue()
+        self.executor: Optional[ThreadPoolExecutor] = None
+
+    def submit(self, fetch_func: Callable[[], List[Any]]):
+        assert self.executor is not None
+        self.executor.submit(self.download_task, fetch_func)
+
+    def download_task(self, fetch_func):
+        self.queue.put(fetch_func())
+
+    def __enter__(self):
+        self.executor = ThreadPoolExecutor(max_workers=1)
+        return self
+
+    def __exit__(self, exc_type, exc_value, exc_traceback):
+        self.executor.shutdown()
+        self.executor = None
+
+
 class TrinoResult(object):
     """
     Represent the result of a Trino query as an iterator on rows.
@@ -711,16 +734,21 @@ def rownumber(self) -> int:
         return self._rownumber
 
     def __iter__(self):
-        # A query only transitions to a FINISHED state when the results are fully consumed:
-        # The reception of the data is acknowledged by calling the next_uri before exposing the data through dbapi.
-        while not self._query.finished or self._rows is not None:
-            next_rows = self._query.fetch() if not self._query.finished else None
-            for row in self._rows:
-                self._rownumber += 1
-                logger.debug("row %s", row)
-                yield row
+        with ResultDownloader() as result_downloader:
+            # A query only transitions to a FINISHED state when the results are fully consumed:
+            # The reception of the data is acknowledged by calling the next_uri before exposing the data through dbapi.
+            result_downloader.submit(self._query.fetch)
+            while not self._query.finished or self._rows is not None:
+                next_rows = result_downloader.queue.get() if not self._query.finished else None
+                if not self._query.finished:
+                    result_downloader.submit(self._query.fetch)
 
-            self._rows = next_rows
+                for row in self._rows:
+                    self._rownumber += 1
+                    logger.debug("row %s", row)
+                    yield row
+
+                self._rows = next_rows
 
 
 class TrinoQuery(object):
@@ -753,7 +781,7 @@ def columns(self):
             while not self._columns and not self.finished and not self.cancelled:
                 # Columns are not returned immediately after query is submitted.
                 # Continue fetching data until columns information is available and push fetched rows into buffer.
-                self._result.rows += self.fetch()
+                self._result.rows += self.map_rows(self.fetch())
         return self._columns
 
     @property
@@ -802,7 +830,7 @@ def execute(self, additional_http_headers=None) -> TrinoResult:
 
         # Execute should block until at least one row is received or query is finished or cancelled
         while not self.finished and not self.cancelled and len(self._result.rows) == 0:
-            self._result.rows += self.fetch()
+            self._result.rows += self.map_rows(self.fetch())
         return self._result
 
     def _update_state(self, status):
@@ -822,11 +850,12 @@ def fetch(self) -> List[List[Any]]:
         logger.debug(status)
         if status.next_uri is None:
             self._finished = True
+        return status.rows
 
+    def map_rows(self, rows: List[List[Any]]) -> List[List[Any]]:
         if not self._row_mapper:
             return []
-
-        return self._row_mapper.map(status.rows)
+        return self._row_mapper.map(rows)
 
     def cancel(self) -> None:
         """Cancel the current query"""