diff --git a/trino/client.py b/trino/client.py
index 6184c54c..b0b1e64b 100644
--- a/trino/client.py
+++ b/trino/client.py
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@
 import threading
 import urllib.parse
 import warnings
+from concurrent.futures import Future, ThreadPoolExecutor
 from dataclasses import dataclass
 from datetime import datetime
 from email.utils import parsedate_to_datetime
@@ -764,6 +765,7 @@ def __init__(
         self._result: Optional[TrinoResult] = None
         self._legacy_primitive_types = legacy_primitive_types
         self._row_mapper: Optional[RowMapper] = None
+        self._executor = ThreadPoolExecutor(max_workers=1)
 
     @property
     def query_id(self) -> Optional[str]:
@@ -868,7 +870,7 @@ def fetch(self) -> List[List[Any]]:
             # spooled protocol
             encoding = rows["encoding"]
             segments = rows["segments"]
-            return list(SegmentIterator(segments, encoding, self._row_mapper, self._request))
+            return list(SegmentIterator(segments, encoding, self._row_mapper, self._request, self._executor))
         else:
             return self._row_mapper.map(rows)
 
@@ -963,7 +965,14 @@ def _parse_retry_after_header(retry_after):
 
 
 class SegmentIterator:
-    def __init__(self, segments: List[SpooledSegment], encoding: str, row_mapper: RowMapper, request: TrinoRequest):
+    def __init__(
+        self,
+        segments: List[SpooledSegment],
+        encoding: str,
+        row_mapper: RowMapper,
+        request: TrinoRequest,
+        executor: ThreadPoolExecutor
+    ):
         self._segments = iter(segments)
         self._encoding = encoding
         self._row_mapper = row_mapper
@@ -971,6 +980,8 @@ def __init__(self, segments: List[SpooledSegment], encoding: str, row_mapper: Ro
         self._rows: Iterator[List[List[Any]]] = iter([])
         self._finished = False
         self._current_segment: Optional[SpooledSegment] = None
+        self._executor = executor
+        self._future: Optional[Future] = None
 
     def __iter__(self) -> Iterator[List[Any]]:
         return self
@@ -991,26 +1002,34 @@ def __next__(self) -> List[Any]:
                 self._load_next_row_set()
 
     def _load_next_row_set(self):
-        try:
-            self._current_segment = segment = next(self._segments)
-            segment_type = segment["type"]
-
-            if segment_type == "inline":
-                data = segment["data"]
-                decoded_string = base64.b64decode(data)
-                rows = self._row_mapper.map(json.loads(decoded_string))
-                self._rows = iter(rows)
-
-            elif segment_type == "spooled":
-                decoded_string = self._load_spooled_segment(segment)
-                rows = self._row_mapper.map(json.loads(decoded_string))
-                self._rows = iter(rows)
-            else:
-                raise ValueError(f"Unsupported segment type: {segment_type}")
+        if self._future:
+            # Wait for the future to complete and get the result
+            result = self._future.result()
+            self._current_segment, rows = result
+            self._rows = iter(rows)
 
+        try:
+            # Preload the next segment asynchronously
+            next_segment = next(self._segments)
+            self._future = self._executor.submit(self._fetch_and_decode_segment, next_segment)
         except StopIteration:
             self._finished = True
 
+    def _fetch_and_decode_segment(self, segment):
+        segment_type = segment["type"]
+
+        if segment_type == "inline":
+            data = segment["data"]
+            decoded_string = base64.b64decode(data)
+            rows = self._row_mapper.map(json.loads(decoded_string))
+            return segment, rows
+        elif segment_type == "spooled":
+            decoded_string = self._load_spooled_segment(segment)
+            rows = self._row_mapper.map(json.loads(decoded_string))
+            return segment, rows
+        else:
+            raise ValueError(f"Unsupported segment type: {segment['type']}")
+
     def _load_spooled_segment(self, segment: SpooledSegment) -> str:
         uri = segment["uri"]
         encoding = self._encoding