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Download the JDBC driver from here: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/athena/latest/ug/connect-with-jdbc.html - I used the JDBC driver with the Athena SDK,
AthenaJDBC42-2.0.35.1000.jar. - 
Start
pysparkwith the--jarsoption. 
pyspark --jars AthenaJDBC42-2.0.35.1000.jar- Use 
spark.read.jdbcto connect to Athena. You need to specify either a User/Password in the properties or set theAwsCredentialsProviderClassproperty.